Jeremiah 13:3

3 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

Jeremiah 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:3

And the word of the Lord
The Targum is,

``the word of prophecy from before the Lord:''
came unto me the second time, saying;
what distance of time there was between this order and the former is not known.

Jeremiah 13:3 In-Context

1 Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'
2 and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.
3 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,
4 `Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;
5 and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.