Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Thus
says
Yahweh
to me ,
Go ,
and buy you
a linen belt,
and put it on
your loins
, and
don't
put
it 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 bought a belt
according
to
the word
of
Yahweh
, and put it on
my loins
.
So I bought a loincloth
as
the LORD
had
instructed
me
, and I
put it around
my waist
.
The word of Yahweh
came to me the
second time ,
saying,
Then
the word of the
LORD
came to me a
second time :
Take the belt
that you have
bought ,
which
is
on
your
loins,
and arise
, go to the
Euphrates,
and hide it there in a cleft
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
the
Euphrates
, as Yahweh
commanded me.
So I went and hid it at
Perath
, as the
LORD
had
commanded me.
It
happened
after
many days ,
that
Yahweh
said to me, Arise, go to the
Euphrates
, and take
the belt
from
there,
which
I commanded you 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 the
Euphrates,
and dug, and took the
belt
from the place where I had hid
it ;
and,
behold,
the
belt
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 Yahweh
came to me ,
saying,
Then the word of the
LORD
came to me :
Thus
says
Yahweh,
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, who refuse to hear
my words, who walk
in
the stubbornness of their heart
, and are
gone
after other gods to serve them,
and to
worship them, shall
even
be as
this belt,
which
is
profitable
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
belt
cleaves
to the
loins
of
a man
, so have
I caused
to
cleave
to
me
the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says
Yahweh;
that they may
be to
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 you shall
speak
to them this word:
Thus
says
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, Every bottle
shall be filled with wine :
and they shall
tell
you
, 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 shall
you tell them ,
Thus
says Yahweh,
Behold,
I will
fill all the
inhabitants
of
this land ,
even
the kings who sit on 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.
I will dash
them one
against another, even
the
fathers and the
sons together
, says
Yahweh:
I will not
pity ,
nor
spare,
nor
have
compassion ,
that
I
should
not
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
you,
and give ear;
don't
be proud;
for Yahweh
has spoken.
Listen
and give heed.
Do
not
be arrogant,
for the
LORD
has spoken.
Give glory to Yahweh
your God ,
before he cause
darkness, and
before your feet stumble on the dark
mountains ,
and,
while
you 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 you will
not hear
it
, my
soul
shall
weep in secret for
[
your ]
pride ;
and
my eye
shall
weep
sore,
and
run
down
with tears, because Yahweh's
flock is
taken 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 you
to the king and to the queen -
mother ,
Humble
yourselves
, sit
down;
for your headdresses
are
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
are
shut up
, and there
is
none
to
open them :
Judah is
carried away
captive
, all
of
it;
it
is
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 see those who
come
from the north :
where is the flock that
was
given
you, your 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 will you say ,
when he shall
set
over you as
head
those
whom you have
yourself taught
to
be
friends
to
you
? shall
not sorrows
take
hold
of you, as of
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
?
If you say
in
your
heart
, Why are
these
things
come
on
me? for
the greatness
of your iniquity are
your skirts uncovered,
and your heels
suffer
violence
.
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
you also
do good ,
who 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
passes
away,
by the wind of
the
wilderness
.
“
I will
scatter you
like
chaff
driven
by the desert
wind.
This is your lot, the portion measured to you from
me
, says
Yahweh;
because you have 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 also
uncover
your skirts on
your face, and
your shame shall
appear
.
So
I will
pull
your skirts up
over
your face, that
your shame may
be
seen
.
I
have
seen
your abominations,
even
your
adulteries ,
and your
neighing
, the
lewdness
of
your prostitution ,
on the hills in the field
. Woe to you, Jerusalem! you
will
not
be
made
clean;
how long shall
it
yet
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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