Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdlefrom the placewhere I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Thisevilpeople, whichrefuse to hear my words, whichwalk in the imagination of theirheart, and walkafterothergods, to servethem, and to worshipthem, shalleven be as thisgirdle, which is good for nothing.
For as the girdlecleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleaveunto me the wholehouse of Israel and the wholehouse of Judah, saith the LORD; thattheymight be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but theywould not hear.
Thereforethoushaltspeakuntothemthisword; Thussaith the LORD God of Israel, Everybottleshall be filledwithwine: and theyshall say untothee, Do we not certainlyknowthateverybottleshall be filledwithwine?
Thenshaltthou say untothem, Thussaith the LORD, Behold, I willfill all the inhabitants of thisland, even the kingsthat sit uponDavid’sthrone, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, withdrunkenness.
And I willdashthem one againstanother, even the fathers and the sonstogether, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor havemercy, but destroythem.
Giveglory to the LORDyour God, before he causedarkness, and beforeyourfeetstumbleupon the darkmountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it grossdarkness.
But if ye will not hear it, my soulshallweep in secretplaces for yourpride; and mine eye shallweepsore, and run downwithtears, because the Lord’sflock is carriedawaycaptive.
Whatwiltthou say when he shallpunishthee? for thouhasttaughtthem to be captains, and as chiefoverthee: shall not sorrowstakethee, as a woman in travail?
I haveseenthineadulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thineabominations on the hills in the fields. Woe untothee, O Jerusalem! wiltthou not be madeclean? whenshall it once be?