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Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
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A Symbol of Ruined Purpose
Commentators agree the ruined girdle symbolizes Judah's spiritual state. Once chosen to be close to God like a belt to a waist—a source of honor and glory—their sin and idolatry corrupted them. They became, as the verse says, 'profitable for nothing,' useless for their God-given purpose and destined for judgment and exile.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
The girdle was marred. —The symbolism is explained in Jeremiah 13:9. The girdle stained, decayed, worthless, was a parable of the …
16th Century
Protestant
I have said that there is here a new prophecy, for the Prophet is said to buy for himself a girdle or a belt, or, according to some, a truss or bre…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then I went to Euphrates In a vision; this is the second journey, of which (See Gill on Jeremiah 13:5),
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Presbyterian
It was common for the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation in Jeremiah 13:9-11.
The people of Israel had been to God as t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the dignity of the people based on their connection to God.
The passage is divided into two parts. The first is an a…
