Jeremiah:13

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* Thus says Yahweh to me , Go , and buy yourself a linen belt , and put it on your waist , and don 't put it in water . * So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh , and put it on my waist . * The word of Yahweh came to me the second time , saying , * Take the belt that you have bought , which is on your waist , and arise , go to the Euphrates , and hide it there in a cleft of the rock . * So I went , and hid it by the Euphrates , as Yahweh commanded me . * It happened after many days , that Yahweh said to me , Arise , go to the Euphrates , and take the belt from there , which I commanded you to hide there . * Then I went to the Euphrates , and dug , and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it ; and behold , the belt was marred , it was profitable for nothing . * Then the word of Yahweh came to me , saying , * Thus says Yahweh , In this way I will mar the pride of Judah , and the great pride of Jerusalem . * This evil people , who refuse to hear my words , who walk in the stubbornness of their heart , and are gone after other gods to serve them , and to worship them , shall even be as this belt , which is profitable for nothing . * For as the belt clings to the waist of a man , so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah , says Yahweh ; that they may be to me for a people , and for a name , and for a praise , and for a glory : but they would not hear . * Therefore you shall speak to them this word : Thus says Yahweh , the God of Israel , Every bottle shall be filled with wine : and they shall tell you , Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine ? * Then you shall tell them , Thus says Yahweh , Behold , I will fill all the inhabitants of this land , even the kings who sit on David 's throne , and the priests , and the prophets , and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem , with drunkenness . * I will dash them one against another , even the fathers and the sons together , says Yahweh : I will not pity , nor spare , nor have compassion , that I should not destroy them . * Hear , and give ear ; don 't be proud ; for Yahweh has spoken . * Give glory to Yahweh your God , before he causes darkness , and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains , and , while you look for light , he turns it into the shadow of death , and makes it gross darkness . * But if you will not hear it , my soul shall weep in secret for your pride ; and my eye shall weep bitterly , and run down with tears , because Yahweh 's flock is taken captive . * Say to the king and to the queen mother , Humble yourselves , sit down ; for your headdresses have come down , even the crown of your glory . * The cities of the South are shut up , and there is none to open them : Judah is carried away captive , all of it ; it is wholly carried away captive . * Lift up your eyes , and see those who come from the north : where is the flock that was given you , your beautiful flock ? * What will you say , when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you ? shall not sorrows take hold of you , as of a woman in travail ? * If you say in your heart , Why are these things come on me ? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered , and your heels suffer violence . * Can the Ethiopian change his skin , or the leopard his spots ? then may you also do good , who are accustomed to do evil . * Therefore will I scatter them , as the stubble that passes away , by the wind of the wilderness . * This is your lot , the portion measured to you from me , says Yahweh ; because you have forgotten me , and trusted in falsehood . * Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face , and your shame shall appear . * I have seen your abominations , even your adulteries , and your neighing , the lewdness of your prostitution , on the hills in the field . Woe to you , Jerusalem ! You will not be made clean ; how long shall it yet be ?

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