Gird up thy loins — This is a symbol of preparation for earnest exertion, also implying firm purpose and a degree of alacrity.

Gird up thy loins. —Be as the messenger who prepares to be swift on his errand, and to go wherever he is sent ([Reference 1 Kings …

You therefore gird up your loins, –

"You have a hard task before you, Jeremiah, a stern life's work cut out for you; 'therefore …

God first commands His prophet to be the herald of the dreadful judgment, which we have already noticed. For it was not His purpose to speak only, …

You therefore gird up your loins. The loins both of his mind and body. The allusion is to the custom of the eastern count…

God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond tree, which blooms earlier in the spring than any o…

Here, the author describes the destruction of Jerusalem itself.