English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 13, verse 41 in Litv Version

Jeremiah 13 : 1 (LITV)

So says Jehovah to me, Go and buy for yourself a linen girdle, and put it on your loins, and do not put it in water.

Jeremiah 13 : 2 (LITV)

So I bought a girdle according to the Word of Jehovah and put it on my loins.

Jeremiah 13 : 3 (LITV)

And the Word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying,

Jeremiah 13 : 4 (LITV)

Take the girdle that you bought, which is on your loins, and rise up. Go to Euphrates and hide it there in the cleft of the rock.

Jeremiah 13 : 5 (LITV)

So I went and hid it by Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.

Jeremiah 13 : 6 (LITV)

And it happened at the end of many days, Jehovah said to me, Rise up, go to Euphrates and take the girdle from there, which I commanded you to hide there.

Jeremiah 13 : 7 (LITV)

And I went to Euphrates and dug, and I took the girdle from the place, there where I had hidden it. And behold, the girdle was rotted! It was not useful for anything.

Jeremiah 13 : 8 (LITV)

Then the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 13 : 9 (LITV)

So says Jehovah, So I will spoil the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 13 : 10 (LITV)

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 not useful for anything.

Jeremiah 13 : 11 (LITV)

For as this 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 Jehovah, to be to Me for a people, and for a name, and for praise, and for glory; but they would not listen.

Jeremiah 13 : 12 (LITV)

So you will speak to them this Word: So says Jehovah, God of Israel, Every skin shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to you, Do we not know full well that every skin shall be filled with wine?

Jeremiah 13 : 13 (LITV)

Then you shall say to them, So says Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all those living in this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all those living in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Jeremiah 13 : 14 (LITV)

And I will smash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, declares Jehovah; I will not pity nor spare nor have compassion, to keep them from their destruction.

Jeremiah 13 : 15 (LITV)

Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for Jehovah has spoken.

Jeremiah 13 : 16 (LITV)

Give glory to Jehovah your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains. Yea, while you look for light, He puts it into death shade, setting up deep gloom.

Jeremiah 13 : 17 (LITV)

But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride. And my eye shall bitterly weep and run down with tears, because the flock of Jehovah was captured.

Jeremiah 13 : 18 (LITV)

Say to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory will come down from your head places.

Jeremiah 13 : 19 (LITV)

The cities of the south have been shut up, and none are opening. Judah has been exiled; all of it has been peacefully exiled.

Jeremiah 13 : 20 (LITV)

Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?

Jeremiah 13 : 21 (LITV)

What will you say when He visits you? For you taught them to be rulers over you for a head. Will not birth pangs seize you like a woman bearing?

Jeremiah 13 : 22 (LITV)

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 bared; your heels suffer violence.

Jeremiah 13 : 23 (LITV)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also may do good who are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 13 : 24 (LITV)

And I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away to the wilderness wind.

Jeremiah 13 : 25 (LITV)

This is your lot, the share of your measure from Me, declares Jehovah, because you have forgotten Me and have trusted in falsehood.

Jeremiah 13 : 26 (LITV)

So I also have stripped off your skirts over your face, that your shame may appear.

Jeremiah 13 : 27 (LITV)

I have seen your adulteries and your neighings, the plot of your infidelity, your abominations on the hills, in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you not be made clean? Until when will it still be?