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1. The Lord said to me, "Go and buy a linen belt, and put it around yourself. But do not put it in water."
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me, Go H1980 and get H7069 thee a linen H6593 girdle H232 , and put H7760 it upon H5921 thy loins H4975 , and put H935 it not H3808 in water H4325 .
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2. So I bought the belt as the Lord had said and put it around me.
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2. So I got H7069 H853 a girdle H232 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and put H7760 it on H5921 my loins H4975 .
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3. Then the Word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,
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3. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me the second time H8145 , saying H559 ,
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4. "Take the belt that you have bought and are wearing, get up, and go to the Euphrates. Hide it there in a hole in the rock."
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4. Take H3947 H853 the girdle H232 that H834 thou hast got H7069 , which H834 is upon H5921 thy loins H4975 , and arise H6965 , go H1980 to Euphrates H6578 , and hide H2934 it there H8033 in a hole H5357 of the rock H5553 .
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5. So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had told me.
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5. So I went H1980 , and hid H2934 it by Euphrates H6578 , as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 me.
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6. After many days the Lord said to me, "Get up and go to the Euphrates and get the belt which I told you to hide there."
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6. And it came to pass H1961 after H4480 H7093 many H7227 days H3117 , that the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Arise H6965 , go H1980 to Euphrates H6578 , and take H3947 H853 the girdle H232 from thence H4480 H8033 , which H834 I commanded H6680 thee to hide H2934 there H8033 .
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7. Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the belt from the place where I had hidden it. And I saw that the belt was worth nothing.
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7. Then I went H1980 to Euphrates H6578 , and digged H2658 , and took H3947 H853 the girdle H232 from H4480 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 I had hid H2934 it: and, behold H2009 , the girdle H232 was marred H7843 , it was profitable H6743 for nothing H3808 H3605 .
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8. Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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8. Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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9. "This is what the Lord says: 'In this way I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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9. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , After this manner H3602 will I mar H7843 the pride H1347 of Judah H3063 , and the great H7227 pride H1347 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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10. These sinful people would not listen to My words. They walk in the strong-will of their own hearts and have gone to serve and worship other gods. So let them be just like this linen belt, which is good for nothing.
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10. This H2088 evil H7451 people H5971 , which refuse H3987 to hear H8085 H853 my words H1697 , which walk H1980 in the imagination H8307 of their heart H3820 , and walk H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 , to serve H5647 them , and to worship H7812 them , shall even be H1961 as this H2088 girdle H232 , which H834 is good H6743 for nothing H3808 H3605 .
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11. For as the belt holds on to a man's body, so I made the whole family of Israel and the whole family of Judah hold on to Me,' says the Lord. 'This was so that they might be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and an honor. But they would not listen.'
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11. For H3588 as H834 the girdle H232 cleaveth H1692 to H413 the loins H4975 of a man H376 , so H3651 have I caused to cleave H1692 unto H413 me H853 the whole H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478 and the whole H3605 house H1004 of Judah H3063 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; that they might be H1961 unto me for a people H5971 , and for a name H8034 , and for a praise H8416 , and for a glory H8597 : but they would not H3808 hear H8085 .
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12. "So you are to tell this to them: 'The Lord, the God of Israel, says, "Every jar is to be filled with wine." ' And when they say to you, 'Do we not know very well that every jar is to be filled with wine?'
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12. Therefore thou shalt speak H559 unto H413 them H853 this H2088 word H1697 ; Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , Every H3605 bottle H5035 shall be filled H4390 with wine H3196 : and they shall say H559 unto H413 thee , Do we not H3808 certainly know H3045 H3045 that H3588 every H3605 bottle H5035 shall be filled H4390 with wine H3196 ?
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13. then tell them, 'The Lord says, "I am about to fill all the people of this land, the kings who sit on David's throne, the religious leaders, the men of God, and all the people of Jerusalem with too much drink.
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13. Then shalt thou say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Behold H2009 , I will fill H4390 H853 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of this H2063 land H776 , even the kings H4428 that sit H3427 upon H5921 David H1732 's throne H3678 , and the priests H3548 , and the prophets H5030 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , with drunkenness H7943 .
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14. And I will throw them against each other, both the fathers and sons together," says the Lord. "I will not let pity or sorrow or lovingkindness keep Me from destroying them." ' '' Pride Comes Before Punishment
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14. And I will dash H5310 them one H376 against H413 another H251 , even the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together H3162 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : I will not H3808 pity H2550 , nor H3808 spare H2347 , nor H3808 have mercy H7355 , but destroy H4480 H7843 them.
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15. Listen and hear. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken.
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15. Hear H8085 ye , and give ear H238 ; be not H408 proud H1361 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 .
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16. Give honor to the Lord your God before He brings darkness and before you slip and fall on the dark mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it into darkness and it will be very dark.
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16. Give H5414 glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 , before H2962 he cause darkness H2821 , and before H2962 your feet H7272 stumble H5062 upon H5921 the dark H5399 mountains H2022 , and , while ye look H6960 for light H216 , he turn H7760 it into the shadow of death H6757 , and make H7896 it gross darkness H6205 .
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17. But if you will not listen, my soul will cry in secret because of your pride. My eyes will cry with a bitter cry and tears will flow down, because the Lord's people have been taken away in chains.
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17. But if H518 ye will not H3808 hear H8085 it , my soul H5315 shall weep H1058 in secret places H4565 for H4480 H6440 your pride H1466 ; and mine eye H5869 shall weep sore H1830 H1830 , and run down H3381 with tears H1832 , because H3588 the LORD H3068 's flock H5739 is carried away captive H7617 .
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18. Say to the king and the queen mother, "Come down from your throne. Your beautiful crown has been taken from your head."
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18. Say H559 unto the king H4428 and to the queen H1377 , Humble yourselves H8213 , sit down H3427 : for H3588 your principalities H4761 shall come down H3381 , even the crown H5850 of your glory H8597 .
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19. The cities of the Negev have been locked up, and there is no one to open them. All Judah has been taken away. All the people of Judah have been taken to another land.
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19. The cities H5892 of the south H5045 shall be shut up H5462 , and none H369 shall open H6605 them : Judah H3063 shall be carried away captive H1540 all H3605 of it , it shall be wholly H7965 carried away captive H1540 .
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20. "Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful sheep?
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20. Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 , and behold H7200 them that come H935 from the north H4480 H6828 : where H346 is the flock H5739 that was given H5414 thee , thy beautiful H8597 flock H6629 ?
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21. What will you say when He sets over you those whom you have taught and who were your friends? Will not pain take hold of you, like a woman giving birth?
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21. What H4100 wilt thou say H559 when H3588 he shall punish H6485 H5921 thee? for thou H859 hast taught H3925 them to be captains H441 , and as chief H7218 over H5921 thee : shall not H3808 sorrows H2256 take H270 thee, as H3644 a woman H802 in travail H3205 ?
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22. And if you say in your heart, 'Why have these things happened to me?' It is because of your many sins that your clothing has been torn off and you suffer punishment.
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22. And if H3588 thou say H559 in thine heart H3824 , Wherefore H4069 come H7122 these things H428 upon me? For the greatness H7230 of thine iniquity H5771 are thy skirts H7757 discovered H1540 , and thy heels H6119 made bare H2554 .
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23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good who are used to doing wrong.
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23. Can the Ethiopian H3569 change H2015 his skin H5785 , or the leopard H5246 his spots H2272 ? then may H3201 ye H859 also H1571 do good H3190 , that are accustomed H3928 to do evil H7489 .
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24. I will cause you to go everywhere like straw blown by the desert wind.
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24. Therefore will I scatter H6327 them as the stubble H7179 that passeth away H5674 by the wind H7307 of the wilderness H4057 .
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25. This is what you get, the share given to you from Me," says the Lord, "because you have forgotten Me and trusted in lies.
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25. This H2088 is thy lot H1486 , the portion H4490 of thy measures H4055 from H4480 H854 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; because H834 thou hast forgotten H7911 me , and trusted H982 in falsehood H8267 .
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26. So I will pull your clothing up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
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26. Therefore H1571 will I H589 discover H2834 thy skirts H7757 upon H5921 thy face H6440 , that thy shame H7036 may appear H7200 .
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27. As for your sex sins and cries of desire, your sinful sex acts on the hills in the field, I have seen your hated sins. It is bad for you, O Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?" No Water - No Food
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27. I have seen H7200 thine adulteries H5004 , and thy neighings H4684 , the lewdness H2154 of thy whoredom H2184 , and thine abominations H8251 on H5921 the hills H1389 in the fields H7704 . Woe H188 unto thee , O Jerusalem H3389 ! wilt thou not H3808 be made clean H2891 ? when H310 shall it once H5750 be ?
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