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This is what the LORD said to me: "Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."

Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist.

So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord , and put it on my loins.

Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,

And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,

"Take the undergarment that you bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."

Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me.

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

After many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the undergarment which I commanded you to hide there."

And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the undergarment from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the undergarment was ruined, it was completely useless.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

"This is what the LORD says: 'To the same extent I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Thus saith the Lord , After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

'This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have followed other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this undergarment which is completely useless.

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

'For as the undergarment clings to the waist of a man, so I made the entire household of Israel and the entire household of Judah cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'so that they might be My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they did not listen.'

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord ; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.