Jeremiah 13:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my loins.

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הָאֵז֖וֹר

ʼêzôwr

H232

“the · waist”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 14× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Kings 1:8

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H246

TWOT: 59a

waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing - of God's power over kings (figuratively) - of faithfulness (metaphorically) - waistband

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

8: words
8: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הָאֵז֖וֹר waist H232 — appearing just 14 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הָאֵז֖וֹר waist H232 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns
1 preposition
1 particle

Verb forms

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וָאָשִׂ֖ם Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 14 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Jeremiah 13:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Ezekiel 2:8 But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.
Isaiah 20:2 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put your shoe from off your foot. He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
Hosea 1:2–3 When Yahweh spoke at the first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery against from Yahweh."
John 13:6–7 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Jeremiah 13:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה אֶת הָאֵז֖וֹר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וָאָשִׂ֖ם עַל מָתְנָֽי

So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my loins.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Structure differs

In the Septuagint, Jeremiah is about an eighth shorter than the Hebrew and arranges its material differently — the Oracles Against the Nations (Hebrew chapters 46–51) appear in the middle of the Greek book, after 25:13. Because the chapter and verse boundaries do not line up, a verse-for-verse comparison with the Hebrew is not shown.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וּזְבִינֵיהּ יַת זַרְזָא כְּפִתְגָמָא דַייָ וְשַׁוִיתֵיהּ עַל חַרְצִי:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Jeremiah 13:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jer 13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.

Ver. 2. So I got a girdle.] God is to be obeyed readily, and without questioning.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

So I got a girdle,.... Or, bought (n) a linen one, as directed:

according to the word of the Lord; his express order and command; the prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

and I put it on my loins; without washing it before or after, and wore it publicly for some time.

(n) Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

According to the word of the Lord; that is, according to God’s command.

And put it on my loins; and used it as God commanded me, never disputing the reason why God bid me do such a thing.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Jeremiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼêzôwr (“waist”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʼêzôwr carries the sense “waist.” How does it shape the verse?
How does 2 Kings 1:8, which shares the word «waist», read alongside this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
«וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 14 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.