Jeremiah 13
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The Allegory of the Linen Loincloth
1Here is the command Yahweh spoke to me: “Go and buy a linen loincloth # 13:1 There were two types of loincloths worn in that day. One was depicted on a Canaanite warrior and did not pass between the legs. The other (depicted in an Egyptian painting of Syrians) did pass between the legs. It is impossible to know which is implied here. The fact that it was made of linen points to the linen clothing of the priests (see Ex. 28:39; Lev. 16:4). This linen loincloth, soon to become dirty, was a fitting symbol of a corrupt priesthood. and put it around your waist, but don’t wash it.” # 13:1 Or “don’t put it in water.” New linen needs to be soaked in water in order to make it comfortable to wear as an undergarment. Wearing an unwashed linen undergarment for many days would have made Jeremiah uncomfortable and would have soiled the loincloth, yet the prophet obeyed God. 2So I obeyed Yahweh’s command, and I bought the loincloth and wore it under my tunic.
3Then, Yahweh spoke to me a second time: 4“Now, take the loincloth you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath # 13:4 Or “Parah” or possibly “Euphrates.” Parah is a stream about three miles (five kilometers) northeast of Anathoth, Jeremiah’s hometown. It is unlikely that God told Jeremiah to travel to the Euphrates since a round trip would have been a seven-hundred-mile (over one-thousand-kilometer) journey north through enemy territory. The Hebrew word for “Parah” is virtually identical with that for “Euphrates” and so this could possibly be understood as symbolic of the Euphrates. However, there are scholars who believe that, indeed, Jeremiah made the round trip to Babylon twice. and cover it up there in a crevice of the rock.” 5So, I obeyed Yahweh and went and buried it at Perath. 6Then, after a long time, Yahweh spoke to me again, saying, “Go at once to Perath and dig up the loincloth that I commanded you to bury there.” 7So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth from where I had buried it, and I found it ruined. It was worthless.
8Then Yahweh spoke these words to me: 9“Even so, like a soiled undergarment, # 13:9 The rotting linen loincloth was a picture of what God would do in humbling the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Pride is a rotten thing that will ruin even the best of people. The pride of Israel was her wealth and strength. I will ruin all the arrogant pride of Judah and Jerusalem, says Yahweh. 10These evil ones refuse to hear my words, they stubbornly follow the inclinations of their own hearts, and they follow other gods to serve and worship them. So then, they will all become like this worthless, rotten undergarment. 11For as the loincloth clings snugly to the loins of a man, so I brought close to me all the people of Israel and Judah, says Yahweh. I wanted them to cling to me as my people and bring honor to me and proclaim my glory. But they would not obey.”
The Allegory of the Wine Jars
12“Speak this word to them: ‘Here is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says: Every wine jar should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Of course, everyone knows that wine jars should be filled with wine. Do you think we don’t know that?’ 13then answer them, ‘Yahweh says: I am going to fill all the people of this land with a drunken stupor, including the kings of David’s descendants, the unfaithful priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 14And I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, says Yahweh. I will show no pity or compassion, and my mercy will not stop me from destroying them.’ ”
Jeremiah Warns against Pride
15Hear this and listen well.
Forsake your pride,
for Yahweh has spoken.
16Give all glory to Yahweh your God
before he brings darkness,
and you stumble and fall
on mountain paths in the dusk of twilight.
Give him glory before he turns the light you’re longing for # 13:16 That is, the false hope of help coming from Egypt.
into a death shadow and deep gloom.
17If you will not listen,
I will weep bitterly in secret
from the depths of my soul
because of your stubborn pride.
My eyes gush with copious tears running down my face,
because the flock of Yahweh # 13:17 Jeremiah is known as the Weeping Prophet, being moved by compassion to weep over the fate of God’s people. Even though they had sinned grievously, Jeremiah still saw the people as “the flock of Yahweh.” is taken captive.
18Say to King Jehoiachin and his mother, # 13:18 The king’s mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem (see 2 Kings 24:8). This prophecy may have taken place in 597 BC, on the eve of the fall of Jerusalem. Jehoiachin and his family were taken as captives to Babylon after a short reign of only three months.
“Come down from your high thrones
and take a humble seat,
for your glorious crown has tumbled off your heads.”
19The cities in southern Judah are under siege,
and no one can free them.
All the people of Judah will be carried into exile,
carried completely away.
Jerusalem Is like a Shameless Woman
20Lift up your eyes and see
the Babylonians coming from the north.
What will become of the cities of Judah?
Like a beautiful flock of lambs,
they were entrusted to your care.
21What will you say when those you courted as allies
are appointed as your masters? # 13:21 The Hebrew text of this sentence is uncertain.
You will be gripped with pain
as a woman giving birth.
22And when you ask yourself,
“Why are these things happening to me?”—
it is because your sin # 13:22 The great sin is unbelief and unfaithfulness (see Heb. 11:6). was so enormous
that your skirts are lifted up
and your private parts exposed. # 13:22 The Hebrew word chamas means “to suffer violence.” It may be a reference to a sexual assault. See Lam. 1:8; Ezek. 16:37–39; Hos. 2:3, 10; Nah. 3:5.
23Can the Ethiopian change the color of his skin,
or the leopard remove his spots?
Of course not. And neither can you change
from being schooled to do evil to doing good.
24“This is why I will scatter you # 13:24 Or “them.” like dust # 13:24 Or “chaff.” See Pss. 1:4; 83:13.
driven by the desert wind.
25You have it coming,
and I have precisely measured your punishment,”
declares Yahweh,
“because you have trusted in lies
and forgotten me entirely.
26I, in turn, will lift your skirts over your face,
and everyone will see your nakedness.
27Woe to you, Jerusalem!
I have seen your adulteries,
your lustful neighing,
your shameless prostitution,
your vile acts on the hills and in the fields.
How long will you continue being unclean?”
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