Jeremiah 13:2
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New International Version (©2011)
So I bought a belt, as the LORD directed, and put it around my waist.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So I bought the loincloth as the LORD directed me, and I put it on.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the LORD and put it around my waist.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So I bought underwear as the LORD instructed me and put it on.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So I bought the belt according to the LORD's instruction, and put it around my waist.

NET Bible (©2006)
So I bought the shorts as the LORD had told me to do and put them on.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So I bought the belt, as the LORD had told me, and put it around my waist.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So I bought a belt according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my waist.

American King James Version
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

American Standard Version
So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I got a girdle accoding to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

Darby Bible Translation
And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

English Revised Version
So I bought a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.

Webster's Bible Translation
So I procured a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

World English Bible
So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.

Young's Literal Translation
and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place it on my loins.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, ver. 9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the prophets he sent among them, and the favours he showed them. They had by their idolatries and sins buried themselves in foreign earth, mingled among the nations, and were so corrupted that they were good for nothing. If we are proud of learning, power, and outward privileges, it is just with God to wither them. The minds of men should be awakened to a sense of their guilt and danger; yet nothing will be effectual without the influences of the Spirit.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So I got a girdle,.... Or, bought (n) a linen one, as directed:

according to the word of the Lord; his express order and command; the prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

and I put it on my loins; without washing it before or after, and wore it publicly for some time.

(n) Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

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The Linen Belt
1Thus said the LORD to me, Go and get you a linen girdle, and put it on your loins, and put it not in water. 2So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. 3And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, …

Matthew 3:4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Isaiah 20:2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
Jeremiah 13:3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
Ezekiel 2:8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you."