Jeremiah:13:1-11

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* Thus said 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 upon my loins . * And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time , saying : * 'Take the girdle that thou hast gotten , which is upon thy loins , and arise , go to Perath , and hide it there in a cleft of the rock .' * So I went , and hid it in Perath , as the LORD commanded me . * And it came to pass after many days , that the LORD said unto me : 'Arise , go to Perath , and take the girdle from thence , which I commanded thee to hide there .' * Then I went to Perath , 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 , * even this evil people , that refuse to hear My words , that walk in the stubbornness of their heart , and are gone after other gods to serve them , and to worship them , that it be as this girdle , which is profitable 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 hearken .

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