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Jeremiah 13

Jer. 13:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For as the girdle
'ezowr (Hebrew #232)
something girt; a belt, also a band
KJV usage: girdle.
Pronounce: ay-zore'
Origin: from 246
cleaveth
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
to the loins
mothen (Hebrew #4975)
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
KJV usage: + greyhound, loins, side.
Pronounce: mo'-then
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be slender
of a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, so have I caused to cleave
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me the whole house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
and the whole house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
g; that they might be unto me for a people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, and for a name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
, and for a praise
thillah (Hebrew #8416)
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
KJV usage: praise.
Pronounce: teh-hil-law'
Origin: from 1984
, and for a glory
tiph'arah (Hebrew #8597)
from 6286; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beauty(- iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), hono; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively):--beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.
Pronounce: tif-aw-raw'
Origin: or tiphereth {tif-eh'-reth}
: but they would not hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ex. 19:5• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine, (Ex. 19:5)

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Girdle,
Glory,
House,
Israel,
Judah,
Loins

Cross References

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I caused.
Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Deut. 4:7• 7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is in all things that we call upon him for? (Deut. 4:7)
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Deut. 26:18• 18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; (Deut. 26:18)
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Deut. 32:10‑15• 10He found him in a desert land,{HR}And in the waste, howling wilderness;{HR}He compassed him about, he watched over him,{HR}He preserved him as the apple of his eye.{HR}
 11As the eagle stirreth up its nest,{HR}Hovereth over its young,{HR}Spreadeth out its wings,{HR}Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,{HR}
 12So Jehovah alone did lead him,{HR}And no strange god was with him.{HR}
 13He made him ride on the high places of the earth,{HR}And he ate the produce of the field;{HR}And he made him suck honey out of the crag,{HR}And oil out of the flinty rock;{HR}
 14Cream of kine, and milk of sheep,{HR}With the fat of lambs,{HR}And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats,{HR}With the fat of kidneys of wheat;{HR}And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.{HR}
 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked{HR}—Thou art waxen fat,{HR}Thou art grown thick,{HR}And thou art covered with fatness;{HR}—He gave up God who made him,{HR}And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.{HR} (Deut. 32:10‑15)
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Psa. 135:4• 4For Jah hath chosen Jacob for him,{HR}Israel for his peculiar treasure, (Psa. 135:4)
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Psa. 147:20• 20He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:20)
for a name.
Jer. 33:9• 9and it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:9)
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Isa. 43:21• 21the people have I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise. (Isa. 43:21)
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Isa. 62:12• 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. (Isa. 62:12)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
but.
Jer. 13:10• 10This evil people which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. (Jer. 13:10)
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Jer. 6:17• 17Also I have set watchmen over you: —Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. (Jer. 6:17)
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Psa. 81:11• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me. (Psa. 81:11)
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John 5:37‑40• 37And the Father who sent me, himself hath borne witness about me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his shape;
 38and his word ye have not abiding in you, because him whom he sent ye do not believe.
 39Search the scriptures, for ye think that ye have in them life eternal; and it is they that bear witness about me.
 40And ye are not willing to come unto me that ye may have life. (John 5:37‑40)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For as a 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 Jehovah; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glorya: but they would not hear.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "beauty," "adornment." see Isa. 28.1, 62.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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For 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 Jehovah; 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.