Jeremiah 13:11

Overview - Jeremiah 13
By the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigures the destruction of his people.
12 Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.
15 He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.
22 He shews their abominations are the cause thereof.
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Jeremiah 13:11  (King James Version)
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
 


I caused
Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6 ; Deuteronomy 4:7 ; 26:18 32:10-15 Psalms 135:4 ; 147:20

for a name
33:9 Isaiah 43:21 ; 62:12 1 Peter 2:9

but
10 ; 6:17 Psalms 81:11 ; John 5:37-40