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Jeremiah 13:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing. "
Jeremiah 13:10
Verse in Context
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8 Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
9 “The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin 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 have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says the LORD; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
12 “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’
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Jeremiah 13:1
"The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”"
Jeremiah 13:2
"So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist."
Jeremiah 13:3
"The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying,"
Jeremiah 13:4
"“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”"
Jeremiah 13:5
"So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me."
Jeremiah 13:6
"After many days, the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”"
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