Jeremiah 13:7

King James Version (KJV)

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

And behold, the girdle was marred; it was profitable for nothing - This symbolically represented the state of the Jews: they were corrupt and abominable; and God, by sending them into captivity, "marred the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem," Jeremiah 13:9.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, ver.

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