Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto me, Go,{H1980} and buy{H7069} thee a linen{H6593} girdle,{H232} and put{H7760} it upon thy loins,{H4975} and put{H935} it not in water.{H4325}

So I bought{H7069} a girdle{H232} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} and put{H7760} it upon my loins.{H4975}

And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me the second time,{H8145} saying,{H559}

Take{H3947} the girdle{H232} that thou hast bought,{H7069} which is upon thy loins,{H4975} and arise,{H6965} go{H3212} to the Euphrates,{H6578} and hide{H2934} it there in a cleft{H5357} of the rock.{H5553}

So I went,{H3212} and hid{H2934} it by the Euphrates,{H6578} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} me.

And it came to pass after{H7093} many{H7227} days,{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Arise,{H6965} go{H3212} to the Euphrates,{H6578} and take{H3947} the girdle{H232} from thence, which I commanded{H6680} thee to hide{H2934} there.

Then I went{H3212} to the 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.

Then the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} After this manner will I mar{H7843} the pride{H1347} of Judah,{H3063} and the great{H7227} pride{H1347} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

This evil{H7451} people,{H5971} that refuse{H3987} to hear{H8085} my words,{H1697} that walk{H1980} in the stubbornness{H8307} of their heart,{H3820} and are gone{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 profitable{H6743} for nothing.

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} Jehovah;{H3068} that they may 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}

Therefore thou shalt speak{H559} unto them this word:{H1697} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the 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}

Then shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will fill{H4390} all the inhabitants{H3427} of this land,{H776} even the kings{H4428} that sit{H3427} upon David's{H1732} throne,{H3678} and the priests,{H3548} and the prophets,{H5030} and all the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} with drunkenness.{H7943}

And I will dash{H5310} them one{H376} against another,{H251} even the fathers{H1} and the sons{H1121} together,{H3162} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} I will not pity,{H2550} nor spare,{H2347} nor have compassion,{H7355} that I should not destroy{H7843} them.

Hear{H8085} ye, and give ear;{H238} be not proud;{H1361} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken.{H1696}

Give{H5414} glory{H3519} to Jehovah{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}

But if ye will not hear{H8085} it, my soul{H5315} shall weep{H1058} in secret{H4565} for{H6440} your pride;{H1466} and mine eye{H5869} shall weep{H1830} sore,{H1830} and run down{H3381} with tears,{H1832} because Jehovah's{H3068} flock{H5739} is taken captive.{H7617}

Say{H559} thou unto the king{H4428} and to the queen-mother,{H1377} Humble{H8213} yourselves, sit down;{H3427} for your headtires{H4761} are come down,{H3381} even the crown{H5850} of your glory.{H8597}

The cities{H5892} of the South{H5045} are shut up,{H5462} and there is none to open{H6605} them: Judah{H3063} is carried away captive,{H1540} all of it; it is wholly{H7965} carried away captive.{H1540}

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}

What wilt thou say,{H559} when he shall set{H6485} over thee as head{H7218} those whom thou hast thyself taught{H3925} to be friends{H441} to thee? shall not sorrows{H2256} take{H270} hold of thee, as of a woman{H802} in travail?{H3205}

And if thou say{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} Wherefore are these things come{H7122} upon me? for the greatness{H7230} of thine iniquity{H5771} are thy skirts{H7757} uncovered,{H1540} and thy heels{H6119} suffer violence.{H2554}

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}

Therefore will I scatter{H6327} them, as the stubble{H7179} that passeth away,{H5674} by the wind{H7307} of the wilderness.{H4057}

This is thy lot,{H1486} the portion{H4490} measured{H4055} unto thee from me, saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} because thou hast forgotten{H7911} me, and trusted{H982} in falsehood.{H8267}

Therefore will I also uncover{H2834} thy skirts{H7757} upon thy face,{H6440} and thy shame{H7036} shall appear.{H7200}

I have seen{H7200} thine abominations,{H8251} even thine adulteries,{H5004} and thy neighings,{H4684} the lewdness{H2154} of thy whoredom,{H2184} on the hills{H1389} in the field.{H7704} Woe{H188} unto thee, O Jerusalem!{H3389} thou wilt not be made clean;{H2891} how long shall it yet{H5750} be?