Jeremiah 13:4

4 Take the undergarment that you are wearing and go at once to the Euphrates and put it under a rock.

Jeremiah 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,
&c.] Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words: and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;
by the river side, where the waters, coming and going, would reach and wet it, and it drying again, would rot the sooner. This signifies the carrying of the Jews captive to Babylon, by which city the river Euphrates ran, and the obscure state and condition they would be in there; and where all their pride and glory would be marred, as afterwards declared.

Jeremiah 13:4 In-Context

2 So I bought a linen undergarment, as the LORD told me, and I put it on.

3 The LORD spoke to me again:

4 Take the undergarment that you are wearing and go at once to the Euphrates and put it under a rock.

5 So I went and buried it at the Euphrates, as the LORD instructed.

6 After a long time, the LORD said to me: Return to the Euphrates and dig up the undergarment that I commanded you to bury there.