Jeremias 13:5

5 Fui, pois, e escondi-o junto ao Eufrates, como o Senhor me havia ordenado.

Jeremias 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:5

So I went and hid it by Euphrates
Or, "in" ^F15 it; in a hole of the rock, upon the banks of it: as the Lord commanded me:
all this seems to be done not really, but visionally; it can hardly be thought that Jeremy should be sent on two such long journeys, on such an account, which would take up a considerable time to perform it in; but rather that he went and came in like manner as Ezekiel did, in the visions of God, from Chaldea to Jerusalem, and from thence to Chaldea again, ( Ezekiel 8:3 ) ( 11:24 ) , and so Maimonaides ^F16 was of opinion, as Kimchi on the place observes, that all this was done in a vision of prophecy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (trpb) "in Euphrate", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin.
F16 Moreh Nevochim, par. 2. c. 46. p. 323.

Jeremias 13:5 In-Context

3 Então me veio a palavra do Senhor pela segunda vez, dizendo:

4 Toma o cinto que compraste e que trazes sobre os teus lombos, e levanta-te, vai ao Eufrates, e esconde-o ali na fenda duma rocha.

5 Fui, pois, e escondi-o junto ao Eufrates, como o Senhor me havia ordenado.

6 E passados muitos dias, me disse o Senhor: Levanta-te, vai ao Eufrates, e toma dali o cinto que te ordenei que escondesses ali.

7 Então fui ao Eufrates, e cavei, e tomei o cinto do lugar onde e havia escondido; e eis que o cinto tinha apodrecido, e para nada prestava.