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| [1]Thus 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:' |
[1]Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. |
| [2]and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins. |
[2]So I bought the girdle according to the commandment of the Lord, and put it upon my loins. |
| [3]And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, |
[3]And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, |
| [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; |
[4]Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go toward Perath, and hide it there in the cleft of the rock. |
| [5]and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me. |
[5]So I went, and hid it by Perath, as the Lord had commanded me. |
| [6]And 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;' |
[6]And after many days, the Lord said unto me, Arise, go toward Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. |
| [7]and 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. |
[7]Then went I to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and behold, the girdle was corrupt, and was profitable for nothing. |
| [8]And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah: |
[8]Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, |
| [9]Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem. |
[9]Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I destroy the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. |
| [10]This 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. |
[10]This wicked people have refused to hear my word, and walk after the stubborness of their own heart, and walk after other gods to serve them, and to worship them: therefore they shall be as this girdle, which is profitable to nothing. |
| [11]For, 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. |
[11]For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I tied to me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they might be my people: that they might have a name and praise, and glory, but they would not hear. |
| [12]And 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?' |
[12]Therefore thou shalt say unto them this word, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine, and they shall say unto thee, Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? |
| [13]And 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, |
[13]Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon the throne of David, and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness. |
| [14]And 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. |
[14]And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not spare, I will not pity nor have compassion, but destroy them. |
| [15]Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken. |
[15]Hear and give ear, be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken it. |
| [16]Give 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. |
[16]Give glory to the Lord your God before he bring darkness, and or ever your feet stumble in the dark mountains, and whiles you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death and make it as darkness. |
| [17]And 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. |
[17]But if ye will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride, and mine eye shall weep and drop down tears, because the Lord's flock is carried away captive. |
| [18]Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty. |
[18]Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down, for the crown of your glory shall come down from your heads. |
| [19]The 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 -- |
[19]The cities of the south shall be shut up, and no man shall open them: all Judah shall be carried away captive: it shall be wholly carried away captive. |
| [20]Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where [is] the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock? |
[20]Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee , euen thy beautiful flock? |
| [21]What 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? |
[21]What wilt thou say, when he shall visit thee? (for thou hast taught them to be captains and as chief over thee) shall not sorrow take thee as a woman in travail? |
| [22]And 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. |
[22]And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the multitude of thine iniquities are thy skirts discovered and thy heels made bare. |
| [23]Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil. |
[23]Can the black Moor [Ethiopian] change his skin? Or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. |
| [24]And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness. |
[24]Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind. |
| [25]This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood. |
[25]This is thy portion, and the part of thy measures from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in lies. |
| [26]I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen. |
[26]Therefore I have also discovered thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. |
| [27]Thine 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? |
[27]I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the filthiness of thy whoredom on the hills in the fields, and thine abominations. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem: wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be? |