King James Version
Jeremiah 13:9 in the King James Version says “Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.”
Jeremiah 13:9 · KJV
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. imagination: or, stubbornness
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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
“After this manner will I mar”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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