King James Version
Jeremiah 13:1 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 13:1 · KJV
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.
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“unto me Go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and get”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“and put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it upon thy loins”
H4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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