Jeremiah 13:1-2

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The Linen Loincloth

13 ^[a]Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth, and put it on your loins, and do not dip it in water.” ²So I bought a waistcloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.

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Footnotes

13.1-11 Note here and elsewhere the use of symbolic action throughout Jeremiah’s ministry.

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