geneva Jeremiah:13:1-11
geneva@Jeremiah:13:1 @ Thus sayth the Lorde vnto mee, Goe, and buy thee a linen girdle, & put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:2 @ So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:3 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me the second time, saying,
geneva@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the sash that thou hast bought, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to (note:)Because this river was far from Jerusalem, it is evident that this was a vision, by which it was signified that the Jews would pass over the Euphrates to be captives in Babylon, and there for length of time would seem to be rotten, although they were joined to the Lord before as a girdle about a man.(:note) Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:5 @ So I went, and hid it by Perath, as the Lord had commanded me.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:6 @ And after many dayes, the Lorde sayde vnto mee, Arise, goe towarde Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commaunded thee to hide there.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:7 @ Then went I to Perath, and digged, & tooke the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and behold, the girdle was corrupt, and was profitable for nothing.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:8 @ Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
geneva@Jeremiah:13:9 @ Thus sayth the Lord, After this maner will I destroy the pride of Iudah, and the great pride of Ierusalem.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:10 @ This wicked people haue refused to heare my word, and walke after ye stubbernesse of their owne heart, and walke after other gods to serue them, and to worship them: therefore they shalbe as this girdle, which is profitable to nothing.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:11 @ For as the girdle cleaueth to the loynes of a man, so haue I tied to me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Iudah, saith the Lorde, that they might bee my people: that they might haue a name and prayse, and glory, but they would not heare.
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