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Jeremiah 13:5

Jeremiah 13:5
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So I went and hid it by Euphrates,.... Or, "in" (o) it; in a hole of the rock, upon the banks of it:

as the Lord commanded me: all this seems to be done not really, but visionally; it can hardly be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 13:1-11

Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 13:1-11

Jer 13:1-11. The acted symbol of the linen girdle

This ch. consists of five sections, quite independent of one another. The first two are in poetic prose, and the remaining in Ḳinah metre. Three…