Then the Lord said, “Isaiah has walked around without clothes and without shoes for three years. This is a sign for Egypt and Ethiopia.
Jeremiah 13:1 - Easy To Read Version This is what the Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, go and buy a linen loincloth. {\cf2\super [103]} Then put it around your waist. Don’t let the loincloth get wet.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THUS THE Lord said to me: Go and buy yourself a linen girdle and put it on your loins, but do not put it in water. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. Common English Bible The LORD proclaimed to me: Go and buy a linen undergarment. Wear it for a while without washing it. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord to me: "Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and thou shalt put it about thy loins and shalt not put it into water. |
Then the Lord said, “Isaiah has walked around without clothes and without shoes for three years. This is a sign for Egypt and Ethiopia.
A loincloth is wrapped tightly around a man’s waist. In the same way, I wrapped all the family of Israel and all the family of Judah around me.” This message is from the Lord.” I did that so those people would be my people. Then my people would bring fame, praise, and honor to me. But my people would not listen to me.”
“Jeremiah, go down to the potter’s {\cf2\super [150]} house. I will give you my message at the potter’s house.”
The Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, go and buy a clay jar from a potter. {\cf2\super [155]}
This is what the Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, make a yoke {\cf2\super [211]} out of straps and poles. Put that yoke on the back of your neck.
“Jeremiah, get some large stones. Take them and bury them in the clay and brick sidewalk in front of Pharaoh’s official building in Tahpanhes. Do this while the men of Judah are watching you.
He came to us and borrowed Paul’s belt. Then Agabus used the belt to tie his own hands and feet. Agabus said, “The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [418]} tells me, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie the man who wears this belt. {\cf2\super [419]} Then they will give him to the non-Jewish people.’”
In the past God spoke to our people through the prophets. {\cf2\super [1]} God spoke to them many times and in many different ways.