Jeremiah 13 — YLT
13Verse 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:'Verse 2and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.Verse 3And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,Verse 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;Verse 5and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.Verse 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;'Verse 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.Verse 8And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Thus said Jehovah:Verse 9Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.Verse 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.Verse 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.Verse 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?'Verse 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,Verse 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.Verse 15Hear, and give ear — be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.Verse 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.Verse 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.Verse 18Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low — sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.Verse 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 —Verse 20Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where [is] the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?Verse 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?Verse 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.Verse 23Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.Verse 24And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.Verse 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.Verse 26I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.Verse 27Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when [is it] again?