Jeremiah:13
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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 .
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So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD ,
and put it on my loins .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time ,
saying ,
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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 .
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So I went ,
and hid it by Euphrates ,
as the LORD commanded me .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD ,
After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah ,
and the great pride of Jerusalem .
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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 .
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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 tiph #
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but they would not hear .
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Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word ;
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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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 ?
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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 Davids throne ,
and the priests ,
and the prophets ,
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
with drunkenness .
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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 .
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Hear ye ,
and give ear ;
be not proud :
for the LORD hath spoken .
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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 (
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it gross darkness .
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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 dim #
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because the LORDS flock is carried away captive .
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Say unto the king and to the queen ,
Humble yourselves ,
sit down :
for your principalities shall come down ,
even the crown of your glory tiph #
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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 .
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Lift up your eyes ,
and behold them that come from the north :
where is the flock that was given thee ,
thy beautiful flock tso #
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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 ?
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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 .
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin ,
or the leopard his spots ?
then may ye also do good ,
that are accustomed to do evil .
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Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness .
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This is thy lot ,
the portion of thy measures from me ,
saith the LORD ;
because thou hast forgotten me ,
and trusted in falsehood .
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Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face ,
that thy shame may appear .
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I have seen thine adulteries ni #
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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 ?
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