By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
Jeremiah 13:4 - Revised Standard Version “Take the waistcloth which you have bought, which is upon your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take the girdle which you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the [river] Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. American Standard Version (1901) Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. Common English Bible Take the undergarment that you are wearing and go at once to the Euphrates and put it under a rock. Catholic Public Domain Version "Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise. And go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock. |
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you shall go forth from the city and dwell in the open country; you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued, there the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.