Yermeyah (Jeremiah) 13:1–11 — Yirmiyah buries a loincloth

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13 Yahweh told me this: Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it on, but don’t let it get near water. 2 So I bought a loincloth as Yahweh had told me to, and I put it on. 3 Then Yahweh gave me a second instruction, saying: 4 Take the loincloth that you bought and you’re wearing, and pack up and go to Perat (Euphrates)[fn] and bury it in a crack in the rock. 5 So I went and hid it at Perat just as Yahweh had told me to.

6 Then after many days, Yahweh told me to get ready and go to Perat to retrieve the loincloth that he’d told me to bury there. 7 So I went to Perat and dug the loincloth out from the crack that I’d hidden it in, but wow, it was ruined and totally worthless.

8 Then Yahweh gave me this message: 9 Yahweh says that I’ll rot away the pride of Yehudah (Judah), including the pride of the great Yerushalem (Jerusalem). 10 That wicked nation that refused to listen to my messages, who are following their own stubborn desires and have followed other god by serving them and bowing down to them, let that nation become like that loincloth that’s no good for anything. 11 Yahweh declares that just like a loincloth is hitched to someone’s hips, so too I’ve made all those from Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah cling to me, to be my people who would bring me fame, praise, and honour, but they didn’t listen.

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13 Thus YHWH he _said to_me go and_you _will _buy for_yourself a _loincloth _of linen(s) and_you_will _put _it on loins _of_your and_in_water not you_must _cause _it _to _go.

2 And_I _bought DOM the_loincloth according_to _the _message _of YHWH and_I _put_it on loins _of_my.

3 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to_me a _second_time to_say.

4 Take DOM the_loincloth which you _bought which is_on loins _of_your and_arise go to_Pərāt and_hide_it there in _(the)_cleft _of the _rock.

5 And_I _went and_I_hid _it at_Pərāt just_as YHWH he _had _commanded me.

6 And_he/it _was from _the_end/extremity days many and_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me arise go to_Pərāt and_take from_there DOM the_loincloth which I _commanded_you(ms) to_hide_it there.

7 And_I _went to_Pərāt and_I _dug and_I _took DOM the_loincloth from the_place where I_had _hidden _it there_(to) and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_loincloth it _was _ruined not it _was _profitable for_anything.

8 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to_me to_say.

9 Thus YHWH he _says thus I _will _ruin DOM the _pride _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM the _pride _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) (the)_great.

10 The_people the_this (the)_wicked who_are_refusing to_hear DOM words/messages _of_my who_are_walking in_the _stubbornness _of their _own _heart _of_their and_they _have _walked after gods other to_serve_them and_to_bow _down to/for_them and_let _it _be like_loincloth the_this which not it _is _profitable for_anything.

11 If/because just_as (the)_loincloth it _clings to the_loins _of a _person so I _have _made _cling to_me DOM all _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM all _of the _house _of Yəhūdāh the _utterance _of YHWH to_be to_me (into)_a_people and _(into)_a_name and_(into)_praise and_(into)_honour and_not they _listened.

13:4 About 6km away from Anatot. It’s possible that the Perat River is being referred to here, although less likely as that was a trip of over a thousand kilometres.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section YIR 13:1

Yirmiyah buries a loincloth

Yir 13:1–11