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# Jeremiah 13

Jeremiah 13 is chapter 13 of 52 in the Book of Jeremiah. Here are all 27 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Under the figure of a linen girdle is foretold the destruction of the Jews. Their obstinacy in sin brings all miseries upon them.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Jeremiah 13 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water.”
2. And so I obtained a waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins.
3. And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying:
4. “Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock.”
5. And so I went, and I hid it by the Euphrates, just as the Lord had instructed me.
6. And it happened that, after many days, the Lord said to me: “Rise up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth, which I instructed you to hide there.”
7. And so I went to the Euphrates, and I dug up and took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth had rotted, so that it was not fit for any use.
8. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9. “Thus says the Lord: In the same way, I will cause the arrogance of Judah and the arrogance of Jerusalem to rot.
10. This most wicked people, they are not willing to listen to my words, for they walk in the depravity of their own heart, and they have gone after strange gods, so as to serve them and to adore them. And so, they will become like this waistcloth, which is not fit for any use.
11. For just as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me the entire house of Israel and the entire house of Judah, says the Lord, so that they would be to me: a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory. But they did not listen.
12. Therefore, you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Every bottle will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Are we ignorant that every bottle will be filled with wine?’
13. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings from the stock of David who sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, unto inebriation.
14. And I will scatter them, a man from his brother, and fathers and sons similarly, says the Lord. I will not spare them, and I will not pardon them, and I will not take pity, so as not to destroy them.”
15. Hear and pay close attention. Do not choose to lift yourself up, for the Lord has spoken.
16. Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter darkness.
17. But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
18. “Say to the king and to the female ruler: Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory has gone down from your head.
19. The cities of the south have been closed, and there is no one who may open them. All of Judah has been taken away into complete captivity.
20. Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle?
21. What will you say when he visits upon you? For you have taught them against you, and you have instructed them with your own head. Will not pains take hold of you, as with a woman in labor?
22. But if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ it is because of the greatness of your iniquity that your shame has been uncovered and the soles of your feet have been defiled.
23. If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.
24. And I will scatter them like chaff, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
25. This is your lot, and this is the portion of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me, and you have had confidence in what is false.
26. Therefore, I have even bared your thighs before your face, and your shame has been seen.
27. For I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing for the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer before you will be made clean after me?”

## Jeremiah 13 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Vade, et posside tibi lumbare lineum, et pones illud super lumbos tuos, et in aquam non inferes illud.
2. Et possedi lumbare juxta verbum Domini, et posui circa lumbos meos.
3. Et factus est sermo Domini ad me secundo, dicens:
4. Tolle lumbare quod possedisti, quod est circa lumbos tuos: et surgens vade ad Euphraten, et absconde ibi illud in foramine petræ.
5. Et abii, et abscondi illud in Euphrate, sicut præceperat mihi Dominus.
6. Et factum est post dies plurimos, dixit Dominus ad me: Surge, vade ad Euphraten, et tolle inde lumbare quod præcepi tibi ut absconderes illud ibi.
7. Et abii ad Euphraten, et fodi, et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud: et ecce computruerat lumbare, ita ut nulli usui aptum esset.
8. Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
9. Hæc dicit Dominus: Sic putrescere faciam superbiam Juda, et superbiam Jerusalem multam:
10. populum istum pessimum qui nolunt audire verba mea, et ambulant in pravitate cordis sui, abieruntque post deos alienos ut servirent eis et adorarent eos: et erunt sicut lumbare istud, quod nulli usui aptum est.
11. Sicut enim adhæret lumbare ad lumbos viri, sic agglutinavi mihi omnem domum Israël, et omnem domum Juda, dicit Dominus, ut essent mihi in populum, et in nomen, et in laudem, et in gloriam: et non audierunt.
12. Dices ergo ad eos sermonem istum: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Omnis laguncula implebitur vino. Et dicent ad te: Numquid ignoramus quia omnis laguncula implebitur vino?
13. Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego implebo omnes habitatores terræ hujus, et reges qui sedent de stirpe David super thronum ejus, et sacerdotes, et prophetas, et omnes habitatores Jerusalem, ebrietate.
14. Et dispergam eos virum a fratre suo, et patres et filios pariter, ait Dominus. Non parcam, et non concedam: neque miserebor, ut non disperdam eos.
15. Audite, et auribus percipite: nolite elevari, quia Dominus locutus est.
16. Date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat, et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caliginosos: exspectabitis lucem, et ponet eam in umbram mortis, et in caliginem.
17. Quod si hoc non audieritis, in abscondito plorabit anima mea a facie superbiæ: plorans plorabit, et deducet oculus meus lacrimam, quia captus est grex Domini.
18. Dic regi et dominatrici: Humiliamini, sedete, quoniam descendit de capite vestro corona gloriæ vestræ.
19. Civitates austri clausæ sunt, et non est qui aperiat: translata est omnis Juda transmigratione perfecta.
20. Levate oculos vestros et videte, qui venitis ab aquilone: ubi est grex qui datus est tibi, pecus inclytum tuum?
21. Quid dices cum visitaverit te? tu enim docuisti eos adversum te, et erudisti in caput tuum. Numquid non dolores apprehendent te, quasi mulierem parturientem?
22. Quod si dixeris in corde tuo: Quare venerunt mihi hæc? propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ revelata sunt verecundiora tua, pollutæ sunt plantæ tuæ.
23. Si mutare potest Æthiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas, et vos poteritis benefacere, cum didiceritis malum.
24. Et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quæ vento raptatur in deserto.
25. Hæc sors tua, parsque mensuræ tuæ a me, dicit Dominus, quia oblita es mei, et confisa es in mendacio.
26. Unde et ego nudavi femora tua contra faciem tuam, et apparuit ignominia tua:
27. adulteria tua, et hinnitus tuus, scelus fornicationis tuæ: super colles in agro vidi abominationes tuas. Væ tibi, Jerusalem! non mundaberis post me: usquequo adhuc?

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2380: Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Jul 31, 2028 (computed): St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest — First Reading, Jeremiah 13:1-11

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).