Jeremias (Jeremiah) 13
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1Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and thou shalt put it about thy loins and shalt not put it into water.
2And I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord and put it about my loins.
3And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying:
4Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise. And go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
5And I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me.
6And it came to pass after many days that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle which I commanded thee to hide there.
7And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it: and behold, the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.
8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9Thus saith the Lord: After this manner will I make the pride of Juda and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot.
10This wicked people, that will not hear my words and that walk in the perverseness of their heart and have gone after strange gods to serve them and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use.
11For as the girdle sticketh close to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me all of the house of Israel and all the house of Juda, saith the Lord: that they might be my people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory. But they would not hear.
12Thou shalt speak therefore to them this word: Thus saith the Lord, God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to thee: Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings of the race of David that sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14And I will scatter them every man from his brother, and fathers and sons in like manner, saith the Lord. I will not spare and I will not pardon: nor will I have mercy not to destroy them.
15Hear ye, and give ear: Be not proud, for the Lord hath spoken.
16Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. You shall look for light and he will turn it into the shadow of death and into darkness.
17But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down the tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.
18Say to the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
19The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.
20Lift up your eyes and see, you that come from the north. Where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?
21What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? For thou hast taught them against thee and instructed them against thy own head. Shall not sorrows lay hold on thee, as a woman in labour?
22And if thou shalt say in thy heart: Why are these things come upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity, thy nakedness is discovered, the soles of thy feet are defiled.
23If the Ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard his spots: you may also do well when you have learned evil.
24And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
25This is thy lot and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me and hast trusted in falsehood.
26Wherefore, I have also bared my thighs against thy face: and thy shame hath appeared.
27I have seen thy adulteries and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication and thy abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean after me. How long yet?
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Jeremiah 13
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Linen Underwear
1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment # Ex 39:27-29; Lv 16:4; Ezk 44:17-18 and put it on, # Lit around your waist but do not put it in water.” 2So I bought underwear as the Lord instructed me and put it on.
3Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: 4“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, # Lit wearing around your waist and go at once to the Euphrates # Perhaps a place near Anathoth with the same spelling as river and hide it in a rocky crevice.” # Jr 51:63 5So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
6A long time later the Lord said to me, “Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there.” 7So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined — of no use at all.
8Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9“This is what the Lord says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem. # Lv 26:19 10These evil people, who refuse to listen to Me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, # Jr 16:12 and who have followed other gods to serve and worship — they will be like this underwear, of no use at all. 11Just as underwear clings to one’s waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to Me” # Dt 4:3-4; 10:20 — this is the Lord’s declaration — “so that they might be My people for My fame, praise, and glory, # Dt 26:19; Ezk 16:8-14 but they would not obey.
The Wine Jars
12“Say this to them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine. Then they will respond to you, ‘Don’t we know that every jar should be filled with wine?’ 13And you will say to them: This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land — the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem — with drunkenness. 14I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.” # Lm 2:2,17,21; 3:43
The Lord’s Warning
15Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,
for the Lord has spoken.
16Give glory to the Lord your God # Jos 7:19; 1Sm 6:5; Ps 29:1-2
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the mountains at dusk.
You wait for light,
but He brings darkest gloom # Or brings a shadow of death
and makes thick darkness.
17But if you will not listen,
my innermost being will weep in secret
because of your pride.
My eyes will overflow with tears,
for the Lord’s flock # Ps 80:1; 95:7; Jr 23:1-4 has been taken captive.
18Say to the king and the queen mother: # 2Kg 24:12; Jr 22:26
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.
19The cities of the Negev are under siege;
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.
20Look up and see
those coming from the north. # Jr 1:13-15; 4:6; 10:22
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
the sheep that were your pride?
The Destiny of Jerusalem
21What will you say when He appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you, # Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; 21:3; 42:14; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 22:23; 30:6; 50:43; Mc 4:9-10; 1Th 5:3
as they do a woman in labor?
22And when you ask yourself,
“Why have these things happened to me? ”
It is because of your great guilt # Jr 5:6; 30:15
that your skirts have been stripped off, # Ezk 16:37-39; Hs 2:3,10; Nah 3:5
your body exposed. # Lit your heels have suffered violence
23Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good, # Ec 5:1; Jr 4:22; Hs 5:4
you who are instructed in evil.
24I will scatter you # Lit them like drifting chaff # Jb 13:25; Ps 83:13; Is 40:24
before the desert wind.
25This is your lot,
what I have decreed for you —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
because you have forgotten Me # Ps 106:21; Jr 2:32; 18:15; Ezk 22:12; 23:35; Hs 8:14
and trusted in Falsehood. # = Baal # Jr 3:23
26I will pull your skirts up over your face
so that your shame might be seen. # Is 47:2-3; Jr 49:10; Nah 3:5
27Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, # Jr 2:23-24; 5:8
your heinous prostitution
on the hills, in the fields —
I have seen your detestable acts.
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
You are unclean —
for how long yet? # Hs 8:5
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