Jeremia 13:11

Lutherbibel

Denn gleichwie ein Mann den Gürtel um seine Lenden bindet, also habe ich, spricht der HERR, das ganze Haus Israel und das ganze Haus Juda um mich gegürtet, daß sie mein Volk sein sollten, mir zu einem Namen, zu Lob und Ehren; aber sie wollen nicht hören.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Denn gleichwie ein Gürtel sich an die Lenden eines Mannes anschließt, also habe ich das ganze Haus Israel und das ganze Haus Juda mir angeschlossen, spricht der Herr , daß sie mein Volk und mir zum Namen und zum Lobe und zur Zierde sein sollten; aber sie haben mir nicht gehorchen wollen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I caused: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 32:10-15, Psalms 135:4, Psalms 147:20

for a name: Jeremiah 33:9, Isaiah 43:21, Isaiah 62:12, 1 Peter 2:9

but: Jeremiah 13:10, Jeremiah 6:17, Psalms 81:11, John 5:37-40

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:19 - high above Isaiah 55:13 - for a Jeremiah 25:4 - ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man,.... Being girt tight unto him:

so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah; whom he chose above all people, and caused to approach unto him, and dwell in his courts; whom he favoured with his presence, and encouraged them to follow after him, and cleave to him in faith and affection, and with full purpose of heart; so that they were a people near unto him as a man's girdle is to his loins: and the end of this was, and would have been, had they continued so,

that they might be unto me for a people; his own people, a special and peculiar people above all others, peculiarly favoured and blessed by him, and continue so, and in the enjoyment of all good things:

and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; for a famous and renowned people, that should be to the praise and glory of God, and an honour to him, and an ornament to the profession of him; whereas they were the reverse:

but they would not hear; the words of the Lord, nor obey his voice; but served other gods, departed from the Lord, to whom they should have cleaved, and so became like this rotten girdle.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The reason why the girdle was chosen as the symbol. Similarly, Israel was the people chosen and set apart that in and by them the Holy Spirit might work for the salvation of mankind.