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CHAPTER 13
Thus saith the L
ORD
unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it
not in water.
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So I got a girdle according to the word of the L
ORD
, and put
it
on my loins.
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And
the word of the L
ORD
came unto me the second time, saying,
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Take the girdle that thou hast got,
which
is
upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
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So I
went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the L
ORD
commanded me.
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And it came to pass after many days,
that the L
ORD
said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I
commanded thee to hide there.
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Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from
the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
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Then
the word of the L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
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Thus saith the L
ORD
, After this manner will I mar
the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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This evil people, which refuse to hear my
words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and
to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
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For as the girdle cleaveth
to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole
house of Judah, saith the L
ORD
; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a
praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the L
ORD
God of Israel, Every
bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every
bottle shall be filled with wine?
13
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Behold, I
will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14
And I will dash them
one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the L
ORD
: I will not pity, nor spare,
nor have mercy, but destroy them.
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Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the L
ORD
hath spoken.
16
Give glory to the L
ORD
your
God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while
ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death,
and
make
it
gross darkness.
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But if ye will
not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for
your
pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and
run down with tears, because the L
ORD
’S flock is carried away captive.
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Say unto the king and to
the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down,
even
the crown
of your glory.
19
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open
them:
Judah shall be
carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
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Lift up your eyes, and
behold them that come from the north: where
is
the flock
that
was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them
to be
captains,
and
as
chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
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And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of
thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered,
and
thy heels made bare.
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Can the Ethiopian change his
skin, or the leopard his spots?
then
may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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Therefore
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