Jeremiah 13:7
So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.
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- Isa 64:6 : 6 We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
- Jer 13:10 : 10 These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
- Jer 24:1-8 : 1 Good Figs and Bad Figs The LORD showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah from Jerusalem, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten. 3 The LORD said to me,“What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered,“I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.” 4 The LORD’s message came to me, 5 “I, the LORD, the God of Israel, say:‘The exiles of Judah whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon are like those good figs. I consider them to be good. 6 I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them. 7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the LORD. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’ 8 “I, the LORD, also solemnly assert:‘King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.
- Ezek 15:3-5 : 3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? 4 No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything? 5 Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?
- Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel. 4 The angel spoke up to those standing all around,“Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua,“I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing.”
- Luke 14:34-35 : 34 “Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored? 35 It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”
- Rom 3:12 : 12 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”
- Phlm 1:11 : 11 who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.
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- Jer 13:1-66 verses91%
1 An Object Lesson from Ruined Linen Shorts The LORD said to me,“Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water.”
2 So I bought the shorts in keeping with the LORD’s instructions and put them on.
3 Then the LORD’s message came to me again,
4 “Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks.”
5 So I went and buried them at Perath as the LORD had ordered me to do.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”
- Jer 13:8-114 verses85%
8 Then the LORD’s message came to me,
9 “I, the LORD, say:‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.
10 These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
11 For,’ I say,‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me.
- Ezek 12:7-82 verses71%
7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.
8 The LORD’s message came to me in the morning:
- Jer 38:11-122 verses70%
11 So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
12 Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah,“Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.
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10 I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
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21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
- Dan 10:4-52 verses68%
4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.
5 I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Ufaz.
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13 He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.
- Zech 11:13-142 verses68%
13 The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.
14 Then I cut the second staff“Union” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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2 The LORD told me,“Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
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17 “But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.
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15 So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.
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7 I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.
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17 So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them,“What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
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5 While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
- Neh 2:13-153 verses67%
13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
14 I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.
15 I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.
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22 Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
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11 Then LORD’s message came to me:
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13 “‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
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5 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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8 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
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10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
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63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
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13 I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.
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15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.
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29 The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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10 The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.
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4 But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose.”
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1 The Valley of Dry Bones The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.
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7 He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.
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12 But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.
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31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
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11 The LORD’s message came to me:
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13 And now, I will break Assyria’s yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you.”
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15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.
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5 Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?