Jeremiah 13:7

13:7 So I went to Perath and dug up 1  the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found 2  that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

Jeremiah 13:2

13:2 So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do 3  and put them on. 4 

1 tn Heb “dug and took.”

2 tn Heb “And behold.”

3 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

4 tn Heb “upon your loins.” The “loins” were the midriff of the body from the waist to the knees. For a further discussion including the figurative uses see R. C. Dentan, “Loins,” IDB 3:149-50.