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This is the first time that Jeremiah is commanded to perform an act rather than speak. The silence imposed on him by Jehoiakim is replaced by an action, commissioned by God: buy a linen loincloth (essentially an undergarment), wear it, and do not get it wet. Jeremiah is then commanded to conceal the loincloth in Nachal Perat, near Anathoth. He knows every nook and cranny of the area, having grown up there, and there he can evade the long arm of Jehoiakim’s persecution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The loincloth teaches Jeremiah a lesson about the destruction of Jerusalem and the Israelite kingdom. As he looks at the ruined undergarment, he understands God’s word: “Thus shall I ruin the pride of Judah.” This prophecy seems to be the source of Jeremiah’s frustration with and lack of faith in Jeconiah, successor to Jehoiakim. It might well have taken place during the few days between Jehoiakim’s death and Jeconiah’s brief reign. With these strong feelings generated by the useless undergarment (symbolizing the king), Jeremiah returns to the public sphere and to a nation reeling from exile. Why have these particular people been exiled to Babylonia? Did the Babylonian king and his officials choose them? Were they selected for some other reason? Was there anyone who wished to go but was unable to? We do not know. But the end of the winter and the following spring must have been hard to bear. The exiled king has left behind an empty treasury, a desecrated and vacant Temple, and has taken all the artisans and elite members of society with him. The people feel orphaned and rudderless. Jeremiah stands at the gate and watches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah remembers the worn-out loincloth he retrieved from Perat, which can no longer conceal his nakedness. And then he answers the people’s despairing question, why is this happening to us? “Because of your many sins, your skirt has been uncovered, your limbs laid bare” (ibid.). Your clothes no longer cover you. Your robes, O Jerusalem, have been peeled away, revealing your nakedness. With this sad declaration, Jeremiah concludes his prophetic use of the loincloth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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