1. Thus says the LORD to me, “Go and buy for yourself a linen girdle, and put it on your loins, and do not put it in water.”
2. So I bought a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
3. And the Word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,
4. “Take the girdle that you bought, which is on your loins, and arise. Go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.”
5. So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6. And it came to pass at the end of many days the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates and take the girdle from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
7. Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it. And, behold, the girdle was spoiled; it was not good for anything.
8. Then the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9. “Thus says the LORD, ‘In this way I will spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10. This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them, shall even be like this girdle, which is good for nothing.
11. For as the girdle holds fast to the loins of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the LORD; ‘so that they might be to Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hear.’
12. Therefore you will speak unto them this word, ‘Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, “Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.” ‘ And they shall say to you, ‘Do we not surely know that every wineskin is filled with wine?’
13. Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I will fill all the people of this land, even the kings that sit on David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14. And I will smash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD. “I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, to keep them from their destruction.” ’ ”
15. Hear and give ear; do not be proud; for the LORD has spoken.
16. Give glory to the LORD your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, making it gross darkness.
17. But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride. And my eye shall weep sore and run down with tears because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
18. Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves, sit down; for your greatness shall come down, even the crown of your glory.”
19. The cities of the south have been shut up, and none shall open them; Judah has been exiled, all of it has been wholly exiled.
20. Lift up your eyes and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
21. What will you say when He shall set as head over you former friends whom you yourselves have trained against you? Shall not pangs of sorrow seize you, like a woman in travail?
22. And if you say in your heart, “Why do these things come upon me?” It is because of the greatness of your iniquity; your skirts are lifted up, and your heels suffer violence.
23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Then you also may do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.
24. “Therefore I will scatter them as chaff driven away by the wind of the wilderness.
25. This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you,” says the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
26. Therefore I also have stripped off your skirts over your face, that your shame may appear.
27. I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the wickedness of your whoredoms, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you not be made clean? When will it ever be?”
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HTdHNcmpaandH853
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HNcmsamountains,H2022
HNcmpcand, while you lookH6960
HCHVpq2mpfor light,H216
HRHNcbsaHe turns itH7760
HCHVqq3msHSp3fsinto the shadow of death,H6757
HRHNcmsamakingH7896
HCHVqcit gross darkness.H6205
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HNcmscis carried away captive.H7617
HVNp3ms
SayH559
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HRdHNcmsaand to the queen mother,H1377
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HVhv2mpsit down;H3427
HVqv2mpforH3588
HCyour greatnessH4761
HNcfpcHSp2mpshall come down,H3381
HVqp3mseven the crownH5850
HNcfscof your glory."H8597
HNcfscHSp2mp
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HNcfpcof the southH5045
HTdHNcmsahave been shut up,H5462
HVPp3cpand noneH369
HCHTnshall openH6605
HVqrmsathem; JudahH3063
HNphas been exiled,H1540
HVHp3fsall of itH3605
HNcmscHSp3fshas been whollyH7965
HNcmpaexiled.H1540
HVHp3fs
Lift upH5375
HVqv2mpyour eyesH5869
HNcbdcHSp2mpand beholdH7200
HCHVqv2mpthose who comeH935
HTdHVqrmpafrom the north.H6828
HRHNcfsaWhereH346
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HTdHNcmsathatwas givenH5414
HVNp3msto you,Hl
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HNcfscHSp2fsflock?H6629
HNcbsc
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HTiwill you sayH559
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HCHe shall setH6485
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HRHNcmsaover youH5921
HRHSp2fsformer friendsH441
HNcmpawhomH853
HToHSp3mpyou yourselvesH859
HCHPp2fshave trainedH3925
HVpp2fsagainst you?H5921
HRHSp2fsShall notH3808
HTiHTnpangs of sorrowH2256
HNcmpaseize you,H270
HVqi3mpHSp2fslike a womanH802
HNcfscin travail?H3205
HNcfsa
And ifH3588
HCHCyou sayH559
HVqi2fsin your heart,H3824
HRHNcmscHSp2fs"WhyH4069
HTido these thingsH428
HPdxcpcome upon me?"H7122
HVqp3cpHSp1csIt isbecause of the greatnessH7230
HRHNcbscof your iniquity;H5771
HNcbscHSp2fsyour skirtsH7757
HNcmpcHSp2fsare lifted up,H1540
HVNp3cpandyour heelsH6119
HNcmpcHSp2fssuffer violence.H2554
HVNp3cp
Can the EthiopianH3569
HNgmsachangeH2015
HTiHVqi3mshis skin,H5785
HNcmscHSp3msor the leopardH5246
HCHNcmsaits spots?H2272
HNcfpcHSp3msThenyouH859
HPp2mpalsoH1571
HTamayH3201
HVqi2mpdo good,H3190
HRHVhcwho are accustomedH3928
HAampcto doing evil.H7489
HVhc
"Therefore I will scatter themH6327
HCHVhi1csHSp3mpas chaffH7179
HRHNcmsadriven awayH5674
HVqrmsaby the windH7307
HRHNcbscof the wilderness.H4057
HNcmsa
ThisH2088
HPdxmsisyour lot,H1486
HNcmscHSp2fsthe portionH4490
HNcfscI haveH854
HRHRHSp1csmeasured out to you,"H4055
HNcmpcHSp2fssaysH5002
HNcmscthe LORD,H3068
HNp"becauseH834
HTryou have forgottenH7911
HVqp2fsMeH853
HToHSp1csand trustedH982
HCHVqw2fsin falsehood.H8267
HRdHNcmsa
Therefore IH589
HPp1csalsoH1571
HCHTahave stripped offH2834
HVqp1csyour skirtsH7757
HNcmpcHSp2fsoverH5921
HRyour face,H6440
HNcbpcHSp2fsthat your shameH7036
HNcmscHSp2fsmay appear.H7200
HCHVNq3ms
I have seenH7200
HVqp1csyour adulteries,H5004
HNcmpcHSp2fsand your neighings,H4684
HCHNcfpcHSp2fsthe wickednessH2154
HNcfscof your whoredoms,H2184
HNcfscHSp2fsandyour abominationsH8251
HNcmpcHSp2fsonH5921
HRthe hillsH1389
HNcfpain the fields.H7704
HRdHNcmsaWoeH188
HTjto you,Hl
HRHSp2fsO Jerusalem!H3389
HNpWill you notH3808
HTnbe made clean?H2891
HVqi2fsWhenH4970
HTiwill itever be?"H5750
HDH310
HR


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