The Ruined Loincloth

Jeremiah 13

1 Thus the LORD said to me: "Go and get yourself a linen sash, and put it 1 around your waist, but do not put it in water." 2 So I got a 2 sash according to the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, 4 "Take the 3 sash that you acquired, which is 4 around your waist, and arise, go to the 5 Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock." 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. 6 Now it came to pass after many days that the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there." 7 Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the 6 sash from the place where I had hidden it; and there was the sash, ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9 "Thus says the LORD: 'In this manner a I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great b pride of Jerusalem. 10 'This evil people, who c refuse to hear My words, who d follow 7 the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing. 11 'For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the LORD, 'that e they may become My people, f for renown, for praise, and for g glory; but they would h not hear.'

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:19
    I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:10 - 17
    Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty.
    Isaiah 23:9
    The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
    Zephaniah 3:11
    In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds In which you transgress against Me; For then I will take away from your midst Those who rejoice in your pride, And you shall no longer be haughty In My holy mountain.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:12
    And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:24
    Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
    Jeremiah 16:12
    And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
    Exodus 19:6
    'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
    Deuteronomy 32:10
    He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.
    Deuteronomy 32:11
    As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:9
    'Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.'
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:21
    This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 81:11
    But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.
    Jeremiah 7:13
    And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer.
    Jeremiah 7:24
    Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
    Jeremiah 7:26
    Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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