Jeremiah:13

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* Thus , said Yahweh unto me , Go and buy for thyself a linen girdle , and put upon thy loins , but in water , shalt thou not place it . * So I bought a girdle according to the word of Yahweh , and put upon my loins . * Then came the word of Yahweh unto me second time saying : * Take the girdle which thou hast bought which is upon thy loins , and arise go to the Euphrates , and hide it there in a hole of the cliff . * So I went , and hid it , by the Euphrates , as Yahweh had commanded me . * And it came to pass , at the end of many days , that Yahweh said unto me , Arise go to the Euphrates , and take from thence the girdle , which I commanded thee to hide there . * So I went to the Euphrates , and digged , and took the girdle out of the place where I had hidden it , and lo ! the girdle was spoiled , it was good for nothing , s * Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying : * Thus , saith Yahweh , After this manner , will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem . * This wicked people who are refusing to hear my words , who are walking in the stubbornness of their heart , and have gone after other gods , to serve them and to bow down to them , yea let them be like this girdle , which is good for nothing . * For as a girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man , so caused I to cleave unto methe whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah Declareth Yahweh , to become mine For a people , and For a name , and For a praise and For an adorning , but they hearkened not . * Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word Thus , saith Yahweh God of Israel , Every jar , is to be filled with wine ; and they will say unto thee , Do we not , know well , that every jar , is to be filled with wine ? * Then shalt thou say unto them Thus , saith Yahweh Behold me ! filling all the inhabitants of this land Even the kings that are sitting for David upon his throne and the priests and the prophets , and all the inhabitants of Jerusalemwith drunkenness ; * and I will dash them every man against his brother even the fathers and the sons together , Declareth Yahweh , I will not pity , Neither will I snare Neither will I have compassion that I should not destroy them . * Hear ye and give ear , be not haughty , For Yahweh , hath spoken . * Give ye to Yahweh your Godglory , Before he cause darkness , and Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains ; Lest , when ye wait for light , He turn it into the shadow of death , And change it for thick darkness . * But if ye will not hear it , In secret places , shall my soul weep Because of the pride , And mine eye , shall flow over , and run down with tears , Because captive hath been taken the flock of Yahweh . * Say thou to the king and to the queen-mother , Abase yourselves Sit down , For descended have your Head-tires , your Crown of adornment . * The cities of the South , are shut And there is none to open , Judah hath been carried away captive , She hath altogether been carried away captive in full number . * Lift up your eyes and see Them who are coming in from the North , Where is The flock that was given thee , Thy beautiful flock ? * What wilt thou say when he shall bring punishment upon thee , Since , thou thyself , hast accustomed them to be over thee as friends in chief ? Shall not , pangs , seize thee , as of a woman in childbirth ? * But if thou say in thy heart , Wherefore have these things befallen me ? For the greatness of thine iniquity have Thy skirts been turned aside Thy heels suffered violence ! * Can the Ethiopian change , his skin , Or the leopard his spots ? Even , ye , may be able to do right , Who are accustomed e to do wrong . * Therefore have I scattered them , As broken straw passing away , by the wind of the desert . * This is thy lot Thy measured portion from me , Declareth Yahweh ; For that thou didst forget me , And confide in falsehood : * Therefore , even I myself , have drawn away thy skirts , over thy face , And thy shame hath been seen , * Thine adulteries and thy neighings , thine unchaste wickedness , Upon the hills in the field , I have seen thine abominations ! Woe to thee , O Jerusalem , Wilt thou not become pure ? After how long yet ?

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