King James Version
Jeremiah 13:3 in the King James Version says “And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,”
Jeremiah 13:3 · 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,
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.
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“came unto me the second time”
H8145properly, double, i.e., second; also adverbially, again
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