Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and abuy yourself a linen waistband and put it on your 1loins, but do not put it in water.”The midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips.Jer 13:11 2 So I bought the waistband according to the aword of the LORD and put it on my loins.Is 20:2; Ezek 2:8 3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, 4 “Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is wrapped around your loins, and go to the river aEuphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”Jer 51:63 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, aas the LORD had commanded me.Ex 39:42, 43; 40:16 6 And after many days the LORD said to me, “Get up, go to the Euphrates and get the waistband which I commanded you to hide there.” 7 Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistband was decayed and ruined; it was completely worthless.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9 “Thus says the LORD, ‘In this same way I shall destroy the apride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.Lev 26:19; Is 2:10-17; 23:9; Jer 13:15-17; Zeph 3:11 10 These wicked and malevolent people, who arefuse to listen to My words, who bwalk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods which are nothing—just man-made carvings to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless.Num 14:11; 2 Chr 36:15, 16; Jer 11:10Jer 9:14; 11:8; 16:12 11 For as the waistband clings to the body of a man, so I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to acling to Me,’ says the LORD, ‘that they might be for Me a people, a bname, a cpraise, and a glory; but they ddid not listen and obey.’Ex 19:5, 6; Deut 32:10, 11Jer 32:20Is 43:21; Jer 33:9Ps 81:11; Jer 7:13, 24, 26
12 “Therefore you are to speak this word to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar should be filled with wine.”’ The people will say to you, ‘Do we not already know that every jar should be filled with wine?’ 13 Then say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am about to fill with adrunkenness all the people of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem.Ps 60:3; 75:8; Is 51:17; 63:6; Jer 25:27; 51:7, 57 14 I will asmash them one against another, both the bfathers and the sons together,” says the LORD. “I shall destroy them nothing will restrain Me; I will cnot show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion.”’”Is 9:20, 21; Jer 19:9-11Jer 6:21; Ezek 5:10Deut 29:20; Is 27:11; Jer 16:5; 21:7
15 Listen and pay close attention, do not be ahaughty and overconfident,For the LORD has spoken says Jeremiah.Prov 16:5; Is 28:14-2216 aGive glory to the LORD your God,Before He brings bdarknessAnd before your cfeet stumbleOn the dark and shadowy mountains,And while you are longing for lightHe turns it into the shadow of death,And makes it into dthick darkness.Josh 7:19; Ps 96:8Is 5:30; 8:22; 59:9; Amos 5:18; 8:9Prov 4:19; Jer 23:12Ps 44:19; 107:10, 14; Jer 2:617 But aif you will not listen and obey,My soul will bweep in secret for your pride;My eyes will weep bitterlyAnd flow with tears,Because the LORD’S cflock has been taken captive.Mal 2:2Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1; 14:17; Luke 19:41, 42Ps 80:1; Jer 23:1, 218 Say to the aking and the queen mother,“Humble yourselves and btake a lowly seat,For your beautiful ccrown the crown of your gloryHas come down from your head.”2 Kin 24:12, 15; Jer 22:262 Chr 33:12, 19Ex 39:28; Is 3:20; Ezek 24:17, 23; 44:1819 The acities of the South (the Negev) have been closed up,And there is no one to open them;All bJudah has been carried into exile,Completely carried away into exile.Jer 32:44Jer 20:4; 52:27-30 20 “Lift up your eyes and seeThose coming afrom the north.Where is the bflock that was given to you to shepherd,Your beautiful flock?Jer 1:15; 6:22; Hab 1:6Jer 13:17; 23:221 “What will you say O Jerusalem when the LORD appoints foreign nations to rule over you—Those former afriends and allies whom you have encouraged to be your companions—Will not bpain seize youLike that of a woman in childbirth?Jer 2:25; 38:22Is 13:8; Jer 4:3122 “And if you wonder and asay in your heart,‘bWhy have these things happened to me?’It is because of the cgreatness and nature of your sinThat dyour skirts have been 1pulled away subjecting you to public disgraceAnd like a barefoot slave your heels have been wounded.Using the expression for the violation of a woman, the writer describes how the Babylonians would deal with Judah.Deut 7:17Jer 5:19; 16:10Jer 2:17-19; 9:2-9Is 47:2; Ezek 16:37; Nah 3:523 “aCan the Ethiopian change his skinOr the leopard his spots?Then you also can bdo goodWho are accustomed to evil and even trained to do it.Prov 27:22; Is 1:5Jer 4:22; 9:524 “Therefore I will ascatter you like drifting strawDriven away by the desert bwind.Lev 26:33; Jer 9:16; Ezek 5:2, 12Jer 4:11; 18:1725 “This is your adestiny, the portion of judgment measured to youFrom Me,” says the LORD,“Because you have bforgotten MeAnd trusted in pagan lies the counterfeit gods, and the pretense of alliance.”Job 20:29; Ps 11:6; Matt 24:51Ps 9:17; Jer 2:32; 3:2126 “So I Myself will athrow your skirts up over your face,That your shame may be exposed publicly.Lam 1:8; Ezek 23:29; Hos 2:1027 “I have seen your avile and detestable acts,Even your adulteries and your lustful neighings after idols,And the blewdness of your prostitutionOn the chills in the fields.Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Jerusalem!dHow long will you remain unclean by ignoring My precepts?”Jer 5:7, 8Jer 11:15Is 65:7; Jer 2:20; Ezek 6:13Prov 1:22; Hos 8:5