Jeremiah 13:7

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Jeremiah 13:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:7

Then I went to Euphrates
In a vision; this is the second journey, of which (See Gill on Jeremiah 13:5), and digged;
the hole, in process of time, being stopped up with soil or sand, that were thrown up over it; this digging was in a visionary way; see ( Ezekiel 8:8 ) : and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it;
which he knew again by some token or another: and, behold, the girdle was marred;
or "corrupted" F17; it was become rotten by the washing of the water over it, and its long continuance in such a place: it was profitable for nothing;
it could not be put upon a man's loins, or be wore any more; nor was it fit for any other use, it was so sadly spoiled and so thoroughly rotten. It is in the Hebrew text, "it shall not prosper to all" F18 things; that is, not "to anything" F19, as many render it.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (txvn) "corruptum erat", Munster, Montanus, Schmidt; "computruerat", Pagninus.
F18 (lkl xluy al) "non proficiet omnibus", Vatablus.
F19 "Non prosperabitur cuiquam", Montanus; "ad ullam rem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremiah 13:7 In-Context

5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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