Thus saith the LORD
unto me, Go
and get
thee a linen
girdle
, and put
it upon thy loins
, and put
it not in water
.
So I got a girdle
according to the word
of the LORD
, and put
it on my loins
.
And the word of the LORD
came unto me the second time
, saying
,
Take the girdle
that thou hast got
, which is upon thy loins
, and arise
, go
to Euphrates
, and hide
it there in a hole
of the rock
.
So I went, and hid
it by Euphrates
, as the LORD
commanded
me.
And it came to pass after many
days
, that the LORD
said
unto me, Arise
, go
to Euphrates
, and take
the girdle
from thence, which I commanded
thee to hide
there.
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.
Then the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Thus saith the LORD
, After this manner will I mar
the pride
of Judah
, and the great
pride
of Jerusalem
.
This evil people
, which refuse
to hear
my words
, which walk
in the imagination
of their heart
, and walk
after
other
gods
, to serve
them, and to worship
them, shall even be as this girdle
, which is good
for nothing.
For as the girdle cleaveth
to the loins
of a man
, so have I caused to cleave
unto me the whole house
of Israel
and the whole house
of Judah
, saith
the LORD
; that they might be unto me for a people
, and for a name
, and for a praise
, and for a glory
: but they would not hear
.
Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word
; Thus saith
the LORD
God
of Israel
, Every bottle
shall be filled
with wine
: and they shall say
unto thee, Do we not certainly
know
that every bottle
shall be filled
with wine
?
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith
the LORD
, Behold, I will fill
all the inhabitants
of this land
, even the kings
that sit
upon David's
throne
, and the priests
, and the prophets
, and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
, with drunkenness
.
And I will dash them one
against another
, even the fathers
and the sons
together
, saith
the LORD
: I will not pity
, nor spare
, nor have mercy
, but destroy
them.
Hear ye, and give ear
; be not proud
: for the LORD
hath spoken
.
Give glory
to the LORD
your God
, before he cause darkness
, and before your feet
stumble
upon the dark
mountains
, and, while ye look
for light
, he turn
it into the shadow of death
, and make
it gross darkness
.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul
shall weep
in secret places
for
your pride
; and mine eye
shall weep
sore
, and run down
with tears
, because the LORD'S
flock
is carried away captive
.
Say unto the king
and to the queen
, Humble
yourselves, sit down
: for your principalities
shall come down
, even the crown
of your glory
.
The cities of the south
shall be shut up
, and none shall open
them : Judah
shall be carried away captive
all of it, it shall be wholly
carried away captive
.
Lift up your eyes
, and behold
them that come
from the north
: where is the flock
that was given
thee, thy beautiful
flock
?
What wilt thou say when he shall punish
thee? for thou hast taught
them to be captains
, and as chief
over thee: shall not sorrows
take
thee, as a woman
in travail
?
And if thou say in thine heart
, Wherefore come
these things upon me? For the greatness
of thine iniquity
are thy skirts
discovered
, and thy heels
made bare
.
Can the Ethiopian change
his skin
, or the leopard
his spots
? then may
ye also do good
, that are accustomed
to do evil
.
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble
that passeth away
by the wind
of the wilderness
.
This is thy lot, the portion
of thy measures
from me, saith
the LORD
; because thou hast forgotten
me, and trusted
in falsehood
.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts
upon thy face
, that thy shame
may appear
.
I have seen thine adulteries
, and thy neighings
, the lewdness
of thy whoredom
, and thine abominations
on the hills
in the fields
. Woe
unto thee, O Jerusalem
! wilt thou not be made clean
? when shall it once
be ?