John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 13:5

"So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me." — Jeremiah 13:5 (ASV)

So I went and hid it by Euphrates
Or, "in" ^F15 it; in a hole of the rock, upon the banks of it: as the Lord commanded me :
all this seems to be done not really, but visionally; it can hardly be thought that Jeremiah should be sent on two such long journeys, on such an account, which would take up a considerable time to perform it in; but rather that he went and came in like manner as Ezekiel did, in the visions of God, from Chaldea to Jerusalem, and from there to Chaldea again, (Ezekiel 8:3) (11:24) , and so Maimonides ^F16 was of opinion, as Kimchi on the place observes, that all this was done in a vision of prophecy.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: (trpb) "in Euphrate", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin.
• F16: Moreh Nevochim, par. 2. c. 46. p. 323.