¹ H559 Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H1980 unto me, Go [H8800]   H7069 and get [H8804]   H6593 thee a linen H232 girdle H7760 , and put [H8804]   H4975 it upon thy loins H935 , and put [H8686]   H4325 it not in water.

² H7069 So I got [H8799]   H232 a girdle H1697 according to the word H3068 of the LORD H7760 , and put [H8799]   H4975 it on my loins.

³ H1697 And the word H3068 of the LORD H8145 came unto me the second time H559 , saying [H8800]  ,

⁴ H3947 Take [H8798]   H232 the girdle H7069 that thou hast got [H8804]   H4975 , which is upon thy loins H6965 , and arise [H8798]   H3212 , go [H8798]   H6578 to Euphrates H2934 , and hide [H8798]   H5357 it there in a hole H5553 of the rock.

⁵ H3212 So I went [H8799]   H2934 , and hid [H8799]   H6578 it by Euphrates H3068 , as the LORD H6680 commanded [H8765]   me.

⁶ H7093 And it came to pass after H7227 many H3117 days H3068 , that the LORD H559 said [H8799]   H6965 unto me, Arise [H8798]   H3212 , go [H8798]   H6578 to Euphrates H3947 , and take [H8798]   H232 the girdle H6680 from thence, which I commanded [H8765]   H2934 thee to hide [H8800]   there.

⁷ H3212 Then I went [H8799]   H6578 to Euphrates H2658 , and digged [H8799]   H3947 , and took [H8799]   H232 the girdle H4725 from the place H2934 where I had hid [H8804]   H232 it: and, behold, the girdle H7843 was marred [H8738]   H6743 , it was profitable [H8799]   for nothing.

⁸ H1697 Then the word H3068 of the LORD H559 came unto me, saying [H8800]  ,

⁹ H559 Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H7843 , After this manner will I mar [H8686]   H1347 the pride H3063 of Judah H7227 , and the great H1347 pride H3389 of Jerusalem.

¹⁰ H7451 This evil H5971 people H3987 , which refuse H8085 to hear [H8800]   H1697 my words H1980 , which walk [H8802]   H8307 in the imagination H3820 of their heart H3212 , and walk [H8799]   H310 after H312 other H430 gods H5647 , to serve [H8800]   H7812 them, and to worship [H8692]   H232 them, shall even be as this girdle H6743 , which is good [H8799]   for nothing.

¹¹ H232 For as the girdle H1692 cleaveth [H8799]   H4975 to the loins H376 of a man H1692 , so have I caused to cleave [H8689]   H1004 unto me the whole house H3478 of Israel H1004 and the whole house H3063 of Judah H5002 , saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD H5971 ; that they might be unto me for a people H8034 , and for a name H8416 , and for a praise H8597 , and for a glory H8085 : but they would not hear [H8804]  .

¹² H559 Therefore thou shalt speak [H8804]   H1697 unto them this word H559 ; Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H5035 , Every bottle H4390 shall be filled [H8735]   H3196 with wine H559 : and they shall say [H8804]   H3045 unto thee, Do we not certainly [H8800]   H3045 know [H8799]   H5035 that every bottle H4390 shall be filled [H8735]   H3196 with wine?

¹³ H559 Then shalt thou say [H8804]   H559 unto them, Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H4390 , Behold, I will fill [H8764]   H3427 all the inhabitants [H8802]   H776 of this land H4428 , even the kings H3427 that sit [H8802]   H1732 upon David's H3678 throne H3548 , and the priests H5030 , and the prophets H3427 , and all the inhabitants [H8802]   H3389 of Jerusalem H7943 , with drunkenness.

¹⁴ H5310 And I will dash [H8765]   H376 them one H251 against another H1 , even the fathers H1121 and the sons H3162 together H5002 , saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD H2550 : I will not pity [H8799]   H2347 , nor spare [H8799]   H7355 , nor have mercy [H8762]   H7843 , but destroy [H8687]   them.

¹⁵ H8085 Hear [H8798]   H238 ye, and give ear [H8685]   H1361 ; be not proud [H8799]   H3068 : for the LORD H1696 hath spoken [H8765]  .

¹⁶ H5414 Give [H8798]   H3519 glory H3068 to the LORD H430 your God H2821 , before he cause darkness [H8686]   H7272 , and before your feet H5062 stumble [H8691]   H5399 upon the dark H2022 mountains H6960 , and, while ye look [H8765]   H216 for light H7760 , he turn [H8804]   H6757 it into the shadow of death H7896 , and make [H8798]   [H8675]   H7896   [H8799]   H6205 it gross darkness.

¹⁷ H8085 But if ye will not hear [H8799]   H5315 it, my soul H1058 shall weep [H8799]   H4565 in secret places H6440 for H1466 your pride H5869 ; and mine eye H1830 shall weep [H8799]   H1830 sore [H8800]   H3381 , and run down [H8799]   H1832 with tears H3068 , because the LORD'S H5739 flock H7617 is carried away captive [H8738]  .

¹⁸ H559 Say [H8798]   H4428 unto the king H1377 and to the queen H8213 , Humble [H8685]   H3427 yourselves, sit down [H8798]   H4761 : for your principalities H3381 shall come down [H8804]   H5850 , even the crown H8597 of your glory.

¹⁹ H5892 The cities H5045 of the south H5462 shall be shut up [H8795]   H6605 , and none shall open [H8802]   H3063 them : Judah H1540 shall be carried away captive [H8717]   H7965 all of it, it shall be wholly H1540 carried away captive [H8717]  .

²⁰ H5375 Lift up [H8798]   H5869 your eyes H7200 , and behold [H8798]   H935 them that come [H8802]   H6828 from the north H5739 : where is the flock H5414 that was given [H8738]   H8597 thee, thy beautiful H6629 flock?

²¹ H559 What wilt thou say [H8799]   H6485 when he shall punish [H8799]   H3925 thee? for thou hast taught [H8765]   H441 them to be captains H7218 , and as chief H2256 over thee: shall not sorrows H270 take [H8799]   H802 thee, as a woman H3205 in travail [H8800]  ?

²² H559 And if thou say [H8799]   H3824 in thine heart H7122 , Wherefore come [H8804]   H7230 these things upon me? For the greatness H5771 of thine iniquity H7757 are thy skirts H1540 discovered [H8738]   H6119 , and thy heels H2554 made bare [H8738]  .

²³ H3569 Can the Ethiopian H2015 change [H8799]   H5785 his skin H5246 , or the leopard H2272 his spots H3201 ? then may [H8799]   H3190 ye also do good [H8687]   H3928 , that are accustomed H7489 to do evil [H8687]  .

²⁴ H6327 Therefore will I scatter [H8686]   H7179 them as the stubble H5674 that passeth away [H8802]   H7307 by the wind H4057 of the wilderness.

²⁵ H1486 This is thy lot H4490 , the portion H4055 of thy measures H5002 from me, saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD H7911 ; because thou hast forgotten [H8804]   H982 me, and trusted [H8799]   H8267 in falsehood.

²⁶ H2834 Therefore will I discover [H8804]   H7757 thy skirts H6440 upon thy face H7036 , that thy shame H7200 may appear [H8738]  .

²⁷ H7200 I have seen [H8804]   H5004 thine adulteries H4684 , and thy neighings H2154 , the lewdness H2184 of thy whoredom H8251 , and thine abominations H1389 on the hills H7704 in the fields H188 . Woe H3389 unto thee, O Jerusalem H2891 ! wilt thou not be made clean [H8799]   H5750 ? when shall it once H310   be ?