Jeremiah 13:5

5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 13:5 In-Context

3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.