Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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.
This
is
what
the LORD said
to
me :
“
Go and buy
yourself
a linen loincloth
and put it around
your
waist
, but
do
not let
it
touch
water. ”
So I got
a girdle
according
to
the
word
of
the LORD, and put it on
my loins
.
So I bought
a loincloth
as
the LORD had
instructed
me
, and I
put it around
my waist
.
And
the word of the LORD came unto
me the
second time ,
saying,
Then
the word of the LORD came to
me a
second time :
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
.
“
Take the loincloth
that you
bought
and are
wearing
, and
go at
once
to Perath
and hide it there in a crevice
of the rocks
. ”
So I went ,
and hid it by
Euphrates
, as the LORD commanded me.
So I went and hid it at
Perath
, as the LORD had
commanded me.
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.
Many days later
the LORD said to
me, “
Arise, go to Perath
, and get
the loincloth
that
I commanded you
to hide there. ”
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
.
So
I went to Perath
and dug
up
the
loincloth
, and I
took it
from the place where I had hidden
it .
But
now
it was ruined—of
no
use
at
all
.
Then the word of the LORD came unto
me ,
saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to
me :
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
After
this
manner
will
I mar
the pride of Judah ,
and the great pride of Jerusalem.
“This
is
what
the LORD says:
In
the
same
way
I will
ruin
the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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
.
These
evil people, who
refuse to listen
to
My words, who
follow
the stubbornness
of their own
hearts
, and who
go
after other gods to serve and worship them, they
will
be like
this loincloth—of
no
use
at
all
.
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 :
but they would
not hear
.
For just
as a
loincloth
clings
to a man’s
waist
, so I have
made
the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling
to
Me
, declares
the LORD ,
so
that they might be My
people for My
renown
and praise and glory .
But they did
not listen
.
Therefore thou
shalt
speak
unto
them this word;
Thus
saith
the LORD God of Israel, 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?
Therefore you
are
to
tell
them that
this is
what
the LORD ,
the
God of Israel, says:
‘
Every wineskin
shall be filled with wine .’
And when
they reply
, ‘Don’t
we surely
know that every wineskin
should
be filled with wine? ’
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
David's
throne, and
the priests, and
the prophets, and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem ,
with
drunkenness
.
then you
are
to
tell
them that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
‘
I am
going
to
fill with
drunkenness
all who
live
in
this land —
the kings who
sit on
David’s
throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people
of Jerusalem.
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.
I will smash
them against one
another, fathers and sons alike
, declares
the LORD .
I will allow
no
mercy or
pity
or
compassion
to
keep
Me
from
destroying
them. ’”
Hear
ye,
and give ear;
be
not proud:
for the LORD hath
spoken.
Listen
and give heed.
Do
not be
arrogant,
for the LORD has
spoken.
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
it
gross
darkness.
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings
darkness, before your feet stumble on
the dusky
mountains .
You
wait
for light, but
He turns
it into deep
gloom
and thick
darkness.
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, because the LORD's
flock is
carried
away
captive.
But if you
do
not listen
, I
will
weep in secret because
of
your pride .
My
eyes
will
overflow
with tears, because the LORD’s
flock has
been
taken
captive.
Say unto
the king and to the queen ,
Humble
yourselves,
sit
down
: for your principalities
shall
come
down,
even
the
crown
of
your glory
.
Say to
the king and to the queen mother
: “Take
a
lowly
seat,
for your glorious
crowns
have
fallen
from
your heads
. ”
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.
The cities of the Negev
have
been
shut tight
, and no
one
can
open them .
All
Judah has
been
carried into
exile
, wholly taken
captive.
Lift up your eyes ,
and behold
them
that
come
from the north :
where is the flock that
was
given
thee
, thy
beautiful
flock
?
Lift up your eyes and see
those
coming
from the north .
Where is the flock entrusted
to
you
, the
sheep
that
were
your
pride
?
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
?
What will
you
say when He sets
over you
close
allies
whom
you
yourself
trained?
Will
not pangs
of
anguish
grip
you
, as they
do
a woman in labor
?
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
.
And if you
ask
yourself
, “Why
has
this
happened
to
me? ”
It
is
because
of
the magnitude
of your
iniquity that
your
skirts have
been
stripped
off
and your
body
has
been
exposed
.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then
may
ye
also
do good ,
that
are accustomed to do
evil.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither
are
you
able
to
do good —
you
who
are accustomed to doing
evil.
Therefore
will
I scatter them
as
the
stubble
that
passeth
away
by the wind of
the
wilderness
.
“
I will
scatter you
like
chaff
driven
by the desert
wind.
This is thy
lot, the portion of
thy
measures
from
me
, saith
the LORD ;
because thou
hast
forgotten me ,
and trusted in falsehood.
This is your
lot, the portion I
have
measured
to
you
, ”
declares
the LORD ,
“
because you
have
forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Therefore
will
I discover
thy
skirts upon
thy
face, that thy
shame may appear
.
So
I will
pull
your
skirts up
over
your
face, that your
shame may be
seen
.
I
have
seen
thine
adulteries ,
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?
when
shall
it
once
be
?
Your
adulteries and lustful
neighings, your
shameless
prostitution
on the hills and
in the fields —
I
have
seen
your
detestable
acts
. Woe to
you
, O Jerusalem! How
long
will
you
remain
unclean
? ”
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