Jeremiah 13:8

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Jeremiah 13:8 in Other Translations

8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me:

8 Then I received this message from the LORD :

8 God explained,

8 Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

8 Then the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me:

8 Then another message came to me from the Lord. He said,

Jeremiah 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:8

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] Or the word of prophecy from before the Lord, as the Targum; and now follows the application of this sign to the thing signified, and the whole intention of it is opened.

Jeremiah 13:8 In-Context

6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.”

7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

9 “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!