Bible Strands
Jeremiah 13:5
So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah narrates his immediate compliance with Yahweh’s directive to conceal a purchased loincloth at Perath. The account places him in the active phase of fulfilling the prophetic sign before the timeline advances to the retrieval command in the subsequent verse.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וָ/אֶטְמְנֵ֖/הוּ (va./'et.me.Ne./hu) translates literally as "and I hid it," coupled with the locative בִּ/פְרָ֑ת (bi/f.Rat) meaning "at Perath." These terms record the precise physical execution of the concealment order.
The thread — The narrative formula of exact compliance appears in Exodus 40:16 and Exodus 39:42, where actions are completed precisely as Yahweh directed. This structural repetition marks a consistent biblical pattern of covenantal obedience.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to identify obedience as a tangible, sequential act rather than an abstract sentiment. It demands an assessment of personal responsiveness to explicit divine instructions without rhetorical softening.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
Cross-references
- Exodus 40:16 Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 39:42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Acts 26:19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
- 2 Timothy 2:3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,