What Does Jeremiah 13:6 Mean in the King James?

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Jeremiah 13:6 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The command to hide the girdle already carries a future return to the place where it is hidden.

THE MEANING

What is hidden can remain unfinished: the passing of many days does not erase it from the LORD’s attention. The command turns back toward the concealed place and brings the object into view.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that what is out of sight is therefore forgotten or finished: the LORD names the hidden girdle again and sends the speaker back for it.

THE ROOT

לְטָמְנוֹ

ləṭāmənô

GROWS FROM

טמן

ṭ-m-n

Conceal, hide, store away.

The phrase means “to hide it,” from ⁨טמן⁩ (ṭ-m-n), “to conceal.” The same root forms ⁨מַטְמוֹנִים⁩ (maṭmônîm), “hidden treasures” (Proverbs 2:4): concealment can preserve something valuable, but the girdle’s return shows that what is hidden can also be spoiled.

ALSO GROWS

maṭmônîm: Hidden treasures.

מַטְמוֹנִים

This branch shows that concealment can hold something precious; the root itself does not say whether what is hidden will remain valuable.

hiṭṭāmēn: To hide oneself.

הִטָּמֵן

In Isaiah 2:10, a person hides in the dust; here, the hidden thing is a girdle that the speaker is later sent to retrieve.

THE PATTERN

Concealment can be temporary: what is hidden may be brought into view, where its condition is exposed.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 · KJVThe verse pairs divine concealment with the search that brings a hidden matter into view.

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Daniel 2:22 · KJVWhat lies in darkness remains known and can be revealed.

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Luke 8:17 · KJVThe verse states plainly that hidden things can come into the open.

THE THREAD

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Jeremiah 13:7 · KJV

The girdle hidden in verse 6 is retrieved, and its ruined condition is exposed. The same root, ⁨טמן⁩ (ṭ-m-n), “to conceal,” links the hiding to the return: the object is not only recovered; what happened to it while hidden is revealed.

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