English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 13, verse 48 in Ylt Version

Jeremiah 13 : 1 (YLT)

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:`

Jeremiah 13 : 2 (YLT)

and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place *it on my loins.

Jeremiah 13 : 3 (YLT)

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

Jeremiah 13 : 4 (YLT)

`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that *is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

Jeremiah 13 : 5 (YLT)

and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

Jeremiah 13 : 6 (YLT)

And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;`

Jeremiah 13 : 7 (YLT)

and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

Jeremiah 13 : 8 (YLT)

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

Jeremiah 13 : 9 (YLT)

Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 13 : 10 (YLT)

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

Jeremiah 13 : 11 (YLT)

For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

Jeremiah 13 : 12 (YLT)

And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,` And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?`

Jeremiah 13 : 13 (YLT)

And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, *With drunkenness,

Jeremiah 13 : 14 (YLT)

And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

Jeremiah 13 : 15 (YLT)

Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

Jeremiah 13 : 16 (YLT)

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed *it for thick darkness.

Jeremiah 13 : 17 (YLT)

And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

Jeremiah 13 : 18 (YLT)

Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

Jeremiah 13 : 19 (YLT)

The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

Jeremiah 13 : 20 (YLT)

Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where *is the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

Jeremiah 13 : 21 (YLT)

What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them *to be over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

Jeremiah 13 : 22 (YLT)

And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?` For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

Jeremiah 13 : 23 (YLT)

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 13 : 24 (YLT)

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Jeremiah 13 : 25 (YLT)

This *is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

Jeremiah 13 : 26 (YLT)

I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

Jeremiah 13 : 27 (YLT)

Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when *is it again?