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Jeremiah 13:4
Jeremiah 13:4 is verse 4 of Jeremiah chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
Or possibly to the Euphrates; similarly in verses 5–7
King James Version
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
World English Bible
“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
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Jeremiah 13:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
Jeremiah 51:64Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Micah 4:10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!