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Thus said the LORD to me , "
Go and buy a linen waistcloth ,
and put it on your loins ,
and do not dip it in water ."
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So I bought a waistcloth according to the word of the LORD ,
and put it on my loins .
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And the word of the LORD came to me a second time ,
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Take the waistcloth which you have bought ,
which is upon your loins ,
and arise ,
go to the Euphra '
tes ,
and hide it there in a cleft of the rock ."
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So I went ,
and hid it by the Euphra '
tes ,
as the LORD commanded me .
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And after many days the LORD said to me , "
Arise ,
go to the Euphra '
tes ,
and take from there the waistcloth which I commanded you to hide there ."
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Then I went to the Euphra '
tes ,
and dug ,
and I took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it .
And behold ,
the waistcloth was spoiled ;
it was good for nothing .
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Then the word of the LORD came to me :
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Thus says the LORD :
Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem .
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This evil people ,
who refuse to hear my words ,
who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them ,
shall be like this waistcloth ,
which is good for nothing .
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For as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man ,
so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me ,
says the LORD ,
that they might be for me a people ,
a name ,
a praise ,
and a glory ,
but they would not listen .