<vn='1'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="7069">get</s> thee a <sn="6593">linen</s><sn="232">girdle</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="935">put</s> it <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>So I <sn="7069">got</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="232">girdle</s> according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> it <sn="5921">on</s> my <sn="4975">loins</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me the second <sn="8145">time</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3947">Take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="232">girdle</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="7069">got</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="6965">arise</s>, <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="6578">Euphrates</s>, and <sn="2934">hide</s> it <sn="8033">there</s> in a <sn="5357">hole</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So I <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="2934">hid</s> it by <sn="6578">Euphrates</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> me. </v>
<vn='6'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="4480 7093">after</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="3117">days</s>, that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="6578">Euphrates</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="232">girdle</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s> thee to <sn="2934">hide</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Then I <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="6578">Euphrates</s>, and <sn="2658">digged</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="232">girdle</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> I had <sn="2934">hid</s> it: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="232">girdle</s> was <sn="7843">marred</s>, it was <sn="6743">profitable</s> for <sn="3808 3605">nothing</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, After this <sn="3602">manner</s> will I <sn="7843">mar</s> the <sn="1347">pride</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and the <sn="7227">great</s><sn="1347">pride</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2088">This</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5971">people</s>, which <sn="3987">refuse</s> to <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1697">words</s>, which <sn="1980">walk</s> in the <sn="8307">imagination</s> of their <sn="3820">heart</s>, and <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, to <sn="5647">serve</s> them, and to <sn="7812">worship</s> them, shall even <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="2088">this</s><sn="232">girdle</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="6743">good</s> for <sn="3808 3605">nothing</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="834">as</s> the <sn="232">girdle</s><sn="1692">cleaveth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4975">loins</s> of a <sn="376">man</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> have I caused to <sn="1692">cleave</s><sn="413">unto</s> me <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; that they might <sn="1961">be</s> unto me for a <sn="5971">people</s>, and for a <sn="8034">name</s>, and for a <sn="8416">praise</s>, and for a <sn="8597">glory</s>: but they would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Therefore thou shalt <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> them <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s>; <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3605">Every</s><sn="5035">bottle</s> shall be <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="3196">wine</s>: and they shall <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, Do we <sn="3808">not</s> certainly <sn="3045 3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="5035">bottle</s> shall be <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="3196">wine</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>Then shalt thou <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="4390">fill</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>, even the <sn="4428">kings</s> that <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="3678">throne</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, with <sn="7943">drunkenness</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And I will <sn="5310">dash</s> them <sn="376">one</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="251">another</s>, even the <sn="1">fathers</s> and the <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="3162">together</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">pity</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="2347">spare</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> have <sn="7355">mercy</s>, but <sn="4480 7843">destroy</s> them. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="8085">Hear</s> ye, and give <sn="238">ear</s>; be <sn="408">not</s><sn="1361">proud</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="5414">Give</s><sn="3519">glory</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="2962">before</s> he cause <sn="2821">darkness</s>, and <sn="2962">before</s> your <sn="7272">feet</s><sn="5062">stumble</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5399">dark</s><sn="2022">mountains</s>, and, while ye <sn="6960">look</s> for <sn="216">light</s>, he <sn="7760">turn</s> it into the shadow of <sn="6757">death</s>, and <sn="7896">make</s> it gross <sn="6205">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But <sn="518">if</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s> it, my <sn="5315">soul</s> shall <sn="1058">weep</s> in secret <sn="4565">places</s><sn="4480 6440">for</s> your <sn="1466">pride</s>; and mine <sn="5869">eye</s> shall weep <sn="1830 1830">sore</s>, and run <sn="3381">down</s> with <sn="1832">tears</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5739">flock</s> is carried away <sn="7617">captive</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="559">Say</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s> and to the <sn="1377">queen</s>, Humble <sn="8213">yourselves</s>, sit <sn="3427">down</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> your <sn="4761">principalities</s> shall come <sn="3381">down</s>, even the <sn="5850">crown</s> of your <sn="8597">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall be shut <sn="5462">up</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="6605">open</s> them: <sn="3063">Judah</s> shall be carried away <sn="1540">captive</s><sn="3605">all</s> of it, it shall be <sn="7965">wholly</s> carried away <sn="1540">captive</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Lift <sn="5375">up</s> your <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">behold</s> them that <sn="935">come</s> from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>: <sn="346">where</s> is the <sn="5739">flock</s> that was <sn="5414">given</s> thee, thy <sn="8597">beautiful</s><sn="6629">flock</s>? </v>
<vn='21'><sn="4100">What</s> wilt thou <sn="559">say</s><sn="3588">when</s> he shall <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> thee? for <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="3925">taught</s> them to be <sn="441">captains</s>, and as <sn="7218">chief</s><sn="5921">over</s> thee: shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2256">sorrows</s><sn="270">take</s> thee, <sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="802">woman</s> in <sn="3205">travail</s>? </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3588">if</s> thou <sn="559">say</s> in thine <sn="3824">heart</s>, <sn="4069">Wherefore</s><sn="7122">come</s> these <sn="428">things</s> upon me? For the <sn="7230">greatness</s> of thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s> are thy <sn="7757">skirts</s><sn="1540">discovered</s>, and thy <sn="6119">heels</s> made <sn="2554">bare</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Can the <sn="3569">Ethiopian</s><sn="2015">change</s> his <sn="5785">skin</s>, or the <sn="5246">leopard</s> his <sn="2272">spots</s>? then <sn="3201">may</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="1571">also</s> do <sn="3190">good</s>, that are <sn="3928">accustomed</s> to do <sn="7489">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Therefore will I <sn="6327">scatter</s> them as the <sn="7179">stubble</s> that passeth <sn="5674">away</s> by the <sn="7307">wind</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2088">This</s> is thy <sn="1486">lot</s>, the <sn="4490">portion</s> of thy <sn="4055">measures</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="834">because</s> thou hast <sn="7911">forgotten</s> me, and <sn="982">trusted</s> in <sn="8267">falsehood</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1571">Therefore</s> will <sn="589">I</s><sn="2834">discover</s> thy <sn="7757">skirts</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s>, that thy <sn="7036">shame</s> may <sn="7200">appear</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s> thine <sn="5004">adulteries</s>, and thy <sn="4684">neighings</s>, the <sn="2154">lewdness</s> of thy <sn="2184">whoredom</s>, and thine <sn="8251">abominations</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s> in the <sn="7704">fields</s>. <sn="188">Woe</s> unto thee, O <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>! wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s> be made <sn="2891">clean</s>? <sn="310">when</s> shall it <sn="5750">once</s> be? </v>