NET Bible
"Then the LORD’s message came to me,"
— Jeremiah 13:8, NET Bible
“Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,”
“Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ”
“Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,”
“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:”
“Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,”
“Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,”
So I went and buried them at Perath as the LORD had ordered me to do.
Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”
So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.
Then the LORD’s message came to me,
“I, the LORD, say:‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.
These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
For,’ I say,‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me.