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The Sign of the Loincloth

13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, go and buy a linen loincloth.[a] Then put it around your waist. Don’t let it get wet.”

So I bought a linen loincloth, just as the Lord told me to do, and I put it around my waist. Then the message from the Lord came to me a second time.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:1 loincloth A common undergarment in ancient Judah. It was a short skirt that was wrapped around the hips. It reached about halfway down the thighs.

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