Jeremiah 13 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

The Ruined Waistband

Jer 13:1Thus said Jehovah unto me, 'Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'

Jer 13:2

Jer 13:2and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place it on my loins.

Jer 13:3

Jer 13:3And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

Jer 13:4

Jer 13:4'Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

Jer 13:5

Jer 13:5and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

Jer 13:6

Jer 13:6And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, 'Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

Jer 13:7

Jer 13:7and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

Jer 13:8

Jer 13:8And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Thus said Jehovah:

Jer 13:9

Jer 13:9Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

Jer 13:10

Jer 13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

Jer 13:11

Jer 13:11For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

Captivity Threatened

Jer 13:12

Jer 13:12And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, 'Every bottle is full of wine,' And they have said unto thee: 'Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?'

Jer 13:13

Jer 13:13And thou hast said unto them, 'Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, With drunkenness,

Jer 13:14

Jer 13:14And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

Jer 13:15

Jer 13:15Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

Jer 13:16

Jer 13:16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.

Jer 13:17

Jer 13:17And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

Jer 13:18

Jer 13:18Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

Jer 13:19

Jer 13:19The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

Jer 13:20

Jer 13:20Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where is the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

Jer 13:21

Jer 13:21What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them to be over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

Jer 13:22

Jer 13:22And when thou dost say in thy heart, 'Wherefore have these met me?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

Jer 13:23

Jer 13:23Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Jer 13:24

Jer 13:24And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Jer 13:25

Jer 13:25This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

Jer 13:26

Jer 13:26I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

Jer 13:27

Jer 13:27Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again?

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Jeremiah 13 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

The Ruined Waistband

Captivity Threatened

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