Two enacted parables. Jeremiah buys a linen girdle, wears it, hides it in a cleft of the rock by the Euphrates, and returns to find it marred and profitable for nothing. So will Jehovah mar the pride of Judah, who once clave to him as a girdle clings to the loins. Then the proverb of the jars: every jar filled with wine, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem made drunk and dashed one against another. Pride is warned before darkness falls and the flock is carried away. The chapter's unforgettable question exposes habit hardened into nature: 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil' (13:23).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Jeremiah — Jeremiah overview

A. 1–11 The Linen Girdle Hidden in a Cleft by the River
B. 12–17 Every Jar Filled with Wine; Give Glory Before Darkness Falls
C. 18–27 Can the Ethiopian Change His Skin, or the Leopard His Spots?

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Jeremiah 93 verses
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
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Leviticus 262 verses
- Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
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Jeremiah 162 verses
- Jeremiah 16:10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
- Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
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2 Kings 242 verses
- 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- 2 Kings 24:15Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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Jeremiah 522 verses
- Jeremiah 52:27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
- Jeremiah 52:30in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
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Jeremiah 131 verse
- Jeremiah 13:11For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
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Hebrews 11 verse
- Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
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Ezekiel 21 verse
- Ezekiel 2:8And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.