Jeremiah 13:1–11

Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee ^aa linen ^bgirdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. ^2cSo I got a girdle, according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. ³And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, ⁴Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in ^da hole of the rock. ⁵So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. ⁶And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. ⁷Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and behold, the girdle ^ewas marred, it ^fwas profitable for nothing. ⁸Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ⁹Thus saith the Lord, ^gAfter this manner will I ^emar ^hthe pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. ¹⁰This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which ⁱwalk 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 ^fis good for nothing. ¹¹For 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 Lord; ^kthat they might be unto me for a people, and ^lmnfor a name, and ^lnofor a praise, and ^lfor a glory: but they would not hear.