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Linen Underwear
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# Chapter 13
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1. This is what the Lord said to me: "Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on. But do not put it in water."
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2. So I bought underwear as the Lord instructed me and put it on.
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3. Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time:
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4. "Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice."
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5. So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
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6. A long time later the Lord said to me, "Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there."
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7. So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined--of no use at all.
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8. Then the word of the Lord came to me:
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9. "This is what the Lord says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem.
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10. These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship--they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.
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11. Just as underwear clings to one's waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to me"--
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this is the Lord's declaration--"so that they might be my people for my fame, praise, and glory, but they would not obey.
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The Wine Jars
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12. "Say this to them: 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine.' Then they will respond to you, 'Don't we know that every jar should be filled with wine?'
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13. And you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land--the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem--with drunkenness.
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14. I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike--
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this is the Lord's declaration. I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion to keep me from destroying them.'"
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The Lord's Warning
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15. Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,
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for the Lord has spoken.
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16. Give glory to the Lord your God
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before he brings darkness,
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before your feet stumble
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on the mountains at dusk.
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You wait for light,
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but he brings darkest gloom
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and makes total darkness.
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17. But if you will not listen,
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my innermost being will weep in secret
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because of your pride.
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My eyes will overflow with tears,
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for the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
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18. Say to the king and the queen mother:
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Take a humble seat,
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for your glorious crowns
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have fallen from your heads.
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19. The cities of the Negev are under siege;
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no one can help them.
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All of Judah has been taken into exile,
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taken completely into exile.
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20. Look up and see
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those coming from the north.
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Where is the flock entrusted to you,
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the sheep that were your pride?
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The Destiny of Jerusalem
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21. What will you say when he appoints
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close friends as leaders over you,
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ones you yourself trained?
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Won't labor pains seize you,
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as they do a woman in labor?
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22. And when you ask yourself,
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"Why have these things happened to me?"
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it is because of your great guilt
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that your skirts have been stripped off,
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your body exposed.
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23. Can the Cushite change his skin,
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or a leopard his spots?
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If so, you might be able to do what is good,
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you who are instructed in evil.
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24. I will scatter you like drifting chaff
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before the desert wind.
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25. This is your lot,
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what I have decreed for you--
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this is the Lord's declaration--
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because you have forgotten me
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and trusted in lies.
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26. I will pull your skirts up over your face
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so that your shame might be seen.
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27. Your adulteries and your lustful neighing,
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your depraved prostitution
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on the hills, in the fields--
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I have seen your abhorrent acts.
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Woe to you, Jerusalem!
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You are unclean--
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for how long yet?
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