Jeremiah:13

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ylt @Jeremiah:13:1 @Thus said Jehovah unto me , 'Go , and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen , and hast placed it on thy loins , and into water thou dost not cause it to enter :' ylt @Jeremiah:13:2 @and I get the girdle , according to the word of Jehovah , and I place [it ] on my loins . ylt @Jeremiah:13:3 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time , saying , ylt @Jeremiah:13:4 @'Take the girdle that thou hast got , that [is ] on thy loins , and rise , go to Phrat , and hide it there in a hole of the rock ; ylt @Jeremiah:13:5 @and I go and hide it by Phrat , as Jehovah commanded me . ylt @Jeremiah:13:6 @And it cometh to pass , at the end of many days , that Jehovah saith unto me , 'Rise , go to Phrat , and take thence the girdle , that I commanded thee to hide there ;' ylt @Jeremiah:13:7 @and I go to Phrat , and dig , and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it ; and lo , the girdle hath been marred , it is not profitable for anything . ylt @Jeremiah:13:8 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto me , saying , 'Thus said Jehovah : ylt @Jeremiah:13:9 @Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah , And the great excellency of Jerusalem . ylt @Jeremiah:13:10 @This evil people , who refuse to hear My words , Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart , And go after other gods to serve them , And to bow themselves to them , Yea it is -- as this girdle , that is not profitable for anything . ylt @Jeremiah:13:11 @For , as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man , So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel , And the whole house of Judah , an affirmation of Jehovah , To be to Me for a people , and for a name , And for praise , and for beauty , And they have not hearkened . ylt @Jeremiah:13:12 @And thou hast said unto them this word , Thus said Jehovah , God of Israel , 'Every bottle is full of wine ,' And they have said unto thee : 'Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine ?' ylt @Jeremiah:13:13 @And thou hast said unto them , 'Thus said Jehovah : Lo , I am filling all the inhabitants of this land , And the kings who sit for David on his throne , And the priests , and the prophets , And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem , [With ] drunkenness , ylt @Jeremiah:13:14 @And have dashed them one against another , And the fathers and the sons together , An affirmation of Jehovah , I do not pity , nor spare , nor have I mercy , So as not to destroy them . ylt @Jeremiah:13:15 @Hear , and give ear -- be not haughty , For Jehovah hath spoken . ylt @Jeremiah:13:16 @Give ye to Jehovah your God honour , Before He doth cause darkness , And before your feet stumble on dark mountains , And ye have waited for light , And He hath made it for death-shade , And hath appointed [it ] for thick darkness . ylt @Jeremiah:13:17 @And if ye do not hear it , In secret places doth my soul weep , because of pride , Yea , it weepeth sore , And the tear cometh down mine eyes , For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive . ylt @Jeremiah:13:18 @Say to the king and to the mistress : Make yourselves low -- sit still , For come down have your principalities , The crown of your beauty . ylt @Jeremiah:13:19 @The cities of the south have been shut up , And there is none opening , Judah hath been removed -- all of her , She hath been removed completely -- ylt @Jeremiah:13:20 @Lift up your eyes , and see those coming in from the north , Where [is ] the drove given to thee , thy beautiful flock ? ylt @Jeremiah:13:21 @What dost thou say , when He looketh after thee ? And thou -- thou hast taught them [to be ] over thee -- leaders for head ? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman ? ylt @Jeremiah:13:22 @And when thou dost say in thy heart , 'Wherefore have these met me ?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered , Have thy heels suffered violence . ylt @Jeremiah:13:23 @Doth a Cushite change his skin ? and a leopard his spots ? Ye also are able to do good , who are accustomed to do evil . ylt @Jeremiah:13:24 @And I scatter them as stubble , Passing away , by a wind of the wilderness . ylt @Jeremiah:13:25 @This [is ] thy lot , the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah , Because thou hast forgotten me , And dost trust in falsehood . ylt @Jeremiah:13:26 @I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face , And thy shame hath been seen . ylt @Jeremiah:13:27 @Thine adulteries , and thy neighings , The wickedness of thy whoredom , on heights in a field , I have seen thine abominations . Wo to thee , O Jerusalem , Thou art not cleansed , after when [is it ] again ?

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