Linen Belt And Wineskins; Threat Of Captivity
Jeremiah 13 KJV
1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak 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 certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
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 David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Tenth Plague Against Egypt Threatened Captivity Of The Ten Tribes Captivity Of Judah Returning From Captivity From The Death Of Elisha To The Captivity Of Israel From The Accession Of Hezekiah To The Captivity Of Judah From The Accession To The Captivity Of Zedekiah Jeremiah's Prophecies In The Land After The Final Captivity Of Judah Moral State Of Israel For Which The Captivity Was To Come He Threatens Jacob's Life God Threatens To Send Locusts Moses Threatens Pharaoh With The Death The Firstborn Coats, Mitre, And Girdle Of Fine Linen God Threatens Them By Threatenings God Threatens Him, Elijah, Threatened By Jezebel, Flees To Beersheba Samaria For Sinning Is Led Into Captivity Isaiah Understanding Thereof, Foretells The Babylonian Captivity Captivity Of The Two Tribes And Half, For Their Sins Line Of Eleazar Unto The Captivity She, Excusing Herself, Is Threatened By Mordecai Church Celebrating Her Incredible Return Out Of Captivity Constancy Of The Jews In Captivity She Threatens Her Contemners He Exhorts To Repentance, With Promises And Threats Threatens Destruction To The Wicked He Threatens To Destroy Babylon By The Medes Philistia Is Threatened Moab Is Threatened For Her Pride Syria And Israel Are Threatened Type Prefiguring The Shameful Captivity Of Egypt And Ethiopia Prophet, Bewailing The Captivity Of His People, Prophet Threatens Ephraim For Their Pride And Drunkenness Prophet Threatens The People For Their Confidence In Egypt Isaiah, Understanding Thereof, Foretells The Babylonian Captivity Powerful Deliverance Out Of Captivity Jeremiah Is Sent To Call To True Repentance, To Prevent The Jews' Captivity He Threatens Them For Their Idolatry He Threatens Both Jews And Gentiles He Promises To The Penitent Return From Captivity By The Type Of A Linen Belt, Hidden At Euphrates, A Threatening For Them Their Return From Captivity Shall Be Stranger Than Their Deliverance Out Of Egypt Captivity Of Judah For Her Sin Judgments Threatened To Judah For Her Strange Revolt Jeremiah Foretells A Hard Siege And Miserable Captivity He Foreshows The Restoration Of Those Who Were In Captivity Foretells The Seventy Years' Captivity Jeremiah By Promises And Threats Exhorts To Repentance
