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Jeremiah 13

The Ruined Waistband

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Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and  abuy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."

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So I bought the waistband in accordance with the  aword of the LORD and put it around my waist.

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Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,

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"Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to  1the  aEuphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."

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So I went and hid it by the Euphrates,  aas the LORD had commanded me.

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After many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there."

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Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless.

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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD, `Just so will I destroy the  apride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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`This wicked people, who  arefuse to listen to My words, who  bwalk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband which is totally worthless.

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`For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah  acling to Me,' declares the LORD, `that they might be for Me a people, for  1 brenown, for  cpraise and for glory; but they  ddid not listen.'

Captivity Threatened

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"Therefore you are to speak this word to them, `Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Every jug is to be filled with wine."' And when they say to you, `Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?'

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then say to them, `Thus says the LORD, "Behold I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land--the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem--with  adrunkenness!

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"I will  adash them against each other, both the  bfathers and the sons together," declares the LORD. "I will  cnot show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them.""'

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Listen and give heed, do not be  ahaughty, For the LORD has spoken.

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 aGive glory to the LORD your God, Before He brings  bdarkness And before your  cfeet stumble On the dusky mountains, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into  ddeep darkness, And turns it into gloom.

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But  aif you will not listen to it, My soul will  bsob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the  cflock of the LORD has been taken captive.

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Say to the  aking and the queen mother, " bTake a lowly seat, For your beautiful  ccrown Has come down from your head."

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The  acities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All  bJudah has been carried into exile, Wholly carried into exile.

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"Lift up your eyes and see Those coming  afrom the north. Where is the  bflock that was given you, Your beautiful sheep?

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"What will you say when He appoints over you-- And you yourself had taught them-- Former  1 acompanions to be head over you? Will not  bpangs take hold of you Like a woman in childbirth?

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"If you  asay in your heart, ` bWhy have these things happened to me?' Because of the  cmagnitude of your iniquity  dYour skirts have been removed And your heels have  1been exposed.

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aCan the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can  bdo good Who are accustomed to doing evil.

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"Therefore I will  ascatter them like drifting straw To the desert  bwind.

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"This is your  alot, the portion measured to you From Me," declares the LORD, "Because you have  bforgotten Me And trusted in falsehood.

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"So I Myself have also  astripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen.

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"As for your  aadulteries and your lustful neighings, The  blewdness of your prostitution On the  chills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem!  dHow long will you remain unclean?"



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