Jeremiah 13

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. [Chapters and verses of the Bible|This Chapters and verses of the Bible|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, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis. Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJer^a with extant verses 1–7, 22-23?, 27, and 2QJer 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, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 13 is a part of the Fifth prophecy in the section of Prophecies of Destruction . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Verses 1-11

The "acted symbol of the linen girdle".

Verse 11

"Sash", from : a belt, girdle, waistband, loincloth, waist cloth, girdle of loin. This loincloth is made of linen, associated with priestly wear.

Verses 12-14

The "spoken symbol of the bottles".

Verse 18

The king and queen mother were probably Jehoiachin and Nehushta, respectively. 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.