Jeremiah 13:4
“Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,.... Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
In a hole of the rock - “In a cleft of the rock.” As there are no fissured rocks in Babylonia, the place where Jeremiah…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
hide it there in such a way that moisture should have full access to it.
the rock If an actual visit to the Euphrates is…