John Trapp on Jeremiah 13:1

CHAP. XIII.

Ver. 1. GO, get thee a linnen girdle] Or belt, or ſwath.

And put it not in water] Or lye, to waſh it or whiten it; but take it as it is firſt made, us ſord[illegible: 1 letter]ciem magis contrahat, to ſhew, ſay ſome, that the Jewiſh Nation, when firſt choſen, was black by ſin and nothing amiable; better skilled and exerciſed in making morter and bricks in Egypt, then in the worſhip of God; and in good manners.

Or put it not in water] i. e. Keep it from being rotted, as a type of Gods care of, and kindneſſes to that people.