So I got a sash according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.
Parallel translations
- WEB So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.
- KJV So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
- BSB So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
- NASB So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.
- NLT So I bought the loincloth as the Lord directed me, and I put it on.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah obeys, buying the belt and wearing it as the LORD instructed.
Overview
Jeremiah's prompt obedience models the faithful response God seeks from His servants. By acting out God's command, he becomes a living illustration of the message. His willingness to obey even strange instructions reflects trust in God's wisdom.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ezek 2:8But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Isa 20:2at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Prov 3:5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- Hos 1:2–3When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”
- John 13:6–7Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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