Jeremiah 13:8
Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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Jeremiah 13:9
“Yahweh says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
Jeremiah 13:11
For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says Yahweh; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
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Jeremiah 13:3
Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying,
Jeremiah 13:4
“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
Jeremiah 13:5
So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
Jeremiah 13:6
After many days, Yahweh said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
Jeremiah 13:7
Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
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