Jeremias 13:6

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Jeremias 13:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:6

And it came to pass after many days
When the girdle had lain long in the hole, by the side of Euphrates; this denotes the length of the Babylonish captivity, which was seventy years: that the Lord said unto me, arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle
from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there;
which may denote the return of these people from captivity, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah; see ( Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:12 ) , though this seems to be visionally done, in order to express the wretched state and condition these people were in; either before the captivity, which was the cause of it; or at their return from it, when they were no better for it.

Jeremias 13:6 In-Context

4 Take the girdle that is upon thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

7 So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord,