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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me, Go[H1980] and get[H7069] thee a linen[H6593]girdle[H232], and put[H7760] it upon thy loins[H4975], and put[H935] it not in water[H4325].
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So I got[H7069] a girdle[H232] according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], and put[H7760] it on my loins[H4975].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me the second time[H8145], saying[H559],
4Take[H3947] the girdle[H232] that thou hast got[H7069], which is upon thy loins[H4975], and arise[H6965], go[H3212] to Euphrates[H6578], and hide[H2934] it there in a hole[H5357] of the rock[H5553].
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So I went[H3212], and hid[H2934] it by Euphrates[H6578], as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] me.
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And it came to pass after[H7093]many[H7227]days[H3117], that the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Arise[H6965], go[H3212] to Euphrates[H6578], and take[H3947] the girdle[H232] from thence, which I commanded[H6680] thee to hide[H2934] there.
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Then I went[H3212] to Euphrates[H6578], and digged[H2658], and took[H3947] the girdle[H232] from the place[H4725] where I had hid[H2934] it: and, behold, the girdle[H232] was marred[H7843], it was profitable[H6743] for nothing.
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Then the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], After this manner will I mar[H7843] the pride[H1347] of Judah[H3063], and the great[H7227]pride[H1347] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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This evil[H7451]people[H5971], which refuse[H3987] to hear[H8085] my words[H1697], which walk[H1980] in the imagination[H8307] of their heart[H3820], and walk[H3212]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430], to serve[H5647] them, and to worship[H7812] them, shall even be as this girdle[H232], which is good[H6743] for nothing.
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For as the girdle[H232]cleaveth[H1692] to the loins[H4975] of a man[H376], so have I caused to cleave[H1692] unto me the whole house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and the whole house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; that they might be 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 hear[H8085].
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Therefore thou shalt speak[H559] unto them this word[H1697]; Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Every bottle[H5035] shall be filled[H4390] with wine[H3196]: and they shall say[H559] unto thee, Do we not certainly[H3045]know[H3045] that every bottle[H5035] shall be filled[H4390] with wine?[H3196]
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Then shalt thou say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold, I will fill[H4390] all the inhabitants[H3427] of this land[H776], even the kings[H4428] that sit[H3427] upon David's throne[H3678], and the priests[H3548], and the prophets[H5030], and all the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], with drunkenness[H7943].
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And I will dash[H5310] them one[H376] against another[H251], even the fathers[H1] and the sons[H1121]together[H3162], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: I will not pity[H2550], nor spare[H2347], nor have mercy[H7355], but destroy[H7843] them.
15Hear[H8085] ye, and give ear[H238]; be not proud[H1361]: for the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696].
16Give[H5414]glory[H3519] to the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], before he cause darkness[H2821], and before your feet[H7272]stumble[H5062] upon 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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But if ye will not hear[H8085] it, my soul[H5315] shall weep[H1058] in secret places[H4565]for[H6440] your pride[H1466]; and mine eye[H5869] shall weep[H1830]sore[H1830], and run down[H3381] with tears[H1832], because the LORD'S flock[H5739] is carried away captive[H7617].
18Say[H559] unto the king[H4428] and to the queen[H1377], Humble[H8213] yourselves, sit down[H3427]: for your principalities[H4761] shall come down[H3381], even the crown[H5850] of your glory[H8597].
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The cities[H5892] of the south[H5045] shall be shut up[H5462], and none shall open[H6605] them: Judah[H3063] shall be carried away captive[H1540] all of it, it shall be wholly[H7965] carried away captive[H1540].
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Lift up[H5375] your eyes[H5869], and behold[H7200] them that come[H935] from the north[H6828]: where is the flock[H5739] that was given[H5414] thee, thy beautiful[H8597]flock?[H6629]
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What wilt thou say[H559] when he shall punish[H6485] thee? for thou hast taught[H3925] them to be captains[H441], and as chief[H7218] over thee: shall not sorrows[H2256]take[H270] thee, as a woman[H802] in travail?[H3205]
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And if thou say[H559] in thine heart[H3824], Wherefore come[H7122] these things 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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Can the Ethiopian[H3569]change[H2015] his skin[H5785], or the leopard[H5246] his spots?[H2272] then may[H3201] ye also do good[H3190], that are accustomed[H3928] to do evil[H7489].
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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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This is thy lot[H1486], the portion[H4490] of thy measures[H4055] from me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; because thou hast forgotten[H7911] me, and trusted[H982] in falsehood[H8267].
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Therefore will I discover[H2834] thy skirts[H7757] upon thy face[H6440], that thy shame[H7036] may appear[H7200].
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I have seen[H7200] thine adulteries[H5004], and thy neighings[H4684], the lewdness[H2154] of thy whoredom[H2184], and thine abominations[H8251] on the hills[H1389] in the fields[H7704]. Woe[H188] unto thee, O Jerusalem[H3389]! wilt thou not be made clean?[H2891] when shall it once[H5750] be?