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Linen Belt
13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a
linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in
water.
13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD,
and put it on my loins.
13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time,
saying,
13:4 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.
13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD
commanded me.
13:6 And 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.
13:7 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.
13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
13:9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the
pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
13:10 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.
13:11 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 LORD; 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.
Wineskins
13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus
saith the LORD 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?
13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD,
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.
13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the
fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not
pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Threat of Captivity
13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD
hath spoken.
13:16 Give glory to the LORD 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.
13:17 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 LORD's flock is carried
away captive.
13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble
yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come
down, even the crown of your glory.
13:19 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.
13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the
north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful
flock?
13:21 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?
13:22 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.
13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his
spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do
evil.
13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that
passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me,
saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted
in falsehood.
13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face,
that thy shame may appear.
13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the
lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the
hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou
not be made clean? when shall it once be? |
Cults 
Why Did God Permit Sin?
