Jeremiah 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.
Text The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.
Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225-175 BCECross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55) with extant verses 1–7, 22-23? [or 22:3], 27, and 2QJer (2Q13; 1st century CE) with the extant verse 22.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).
Parashot The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English. Jeremiah 13 is a part of the Fifth prophecy (Jeremiah 11-13) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah. {S} 13:1-2 {P} 13:3-7 {P} 13:8-10 {S} 13:11-12a {S} 13:12b-17 כה אמר {S} 13:18-19 {S} 13:20-27 {S}
Verses 1-11 The "acted symbol of the linen girdle".Streane, A. W. (1913), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Jeremiah 13, accessed 17 January 2019
Verse 11 'For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the Lord, 'that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.' NKJV "Sash", from (): a belt, girdle, waistband, loincloth, waist cloth, girdle of loin.Brown, Driver & Briggs 1907, p. 25 This loincloth is made of linen,The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. p. 1098-1100 Hebrew Bible. associated with priestly wear ().
Verses 12-14 The "spoken symbol of the bottles".
Verse 18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory. The king and queen mother were probably Jehoiachin and Nehushta, respectively.: Expanded Bible (2011) Commentator A. W. Streane refers to a minority view held by Karl Heinrich Graf and other biblical commentators, who suggested they were the earlier king Jehoiakim and Zebidah the queen mother.
Verses 19–27
See also David Ethiopia Israel Jerusalem Judah Linen Related Bible parts: Exodus 28; Leviticus 16; Ezekiel 36; Zechariah 3
References
Bibliography Reprinted with Corrections in 1962.
External links
Jewish Jeremiah 13 Hebrew with Parallel English
Christian Jeremiah 13 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate