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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Leviticus 262 verses
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Jeremiah 131 verse
- Jeremiah 13:11For 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.
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Hebrews 11 verse
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Ezekiel 21 verse
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