And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
In the arrangement of the book chapter 13 comes before some accounts from Zedekiah's reign even though its events belong to another period, because the chapters in this section are not always in chronological order. The verse gives God's second instruction to Jeremiah in the sign of the linen girdle, called the girdle of Judah. That girdle was a real article of eastern dress whose fashion is as settled and unchanging as the hills in the orient and never changes. The sign shows that God teaches His people through specific, outward acts and that He notices details people may consider small, including matters of dress. The same girdle may still be met any day in the streets of Jerusalem as a witness to the marvelous accuracy of the word.
In the arrangement of the book chapter 13 comes before some accounts from Zedekiah's reign even though its events belong to another period, because the chapters in this section are not always in chronological order. The verse gives God's second instruction to Jeremiah in the sign of the linen girdle, called the girdle of Judah. That girdle was a real article of eastern dress whose fashion is as settled and unchanging as the hills in the orient and never changes. The sign shows that God teaches His people through specific, outward acts and that He notices details people may consider small, including matters of dress. The same girdle may still be met any day in the streets of Jerusalem as a witness to the marvelous accuracy of the word.