13The Lord told me to go and buy myself some linen shorts and to put them on; but he told me not to put them in water. ²So I bought them and put them on. ³Then the Lord spoke to me again, and said, ⁴“Go to the River Euphrates and hide the shorts in a hole in the rocks.” ⁵So I went and hid them near the Euphrates.

⁶Some time later the Lord told me to go back to the Euphrates and get the shorts. ⁷So I went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw that they were ruined and were no longer any good.

⁸Then the Lord spoke to me again. He said, ⁹“This is how I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. ¹⁰These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshipped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good. ¹¹Just as shorts fit tightly round the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and would bring praise and honour to my name; but they would not obey me.”

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