13The LORD told me to go and buy myself some linen shorts and to put them on; but he told me not to put them in water.H559H3068H1980H7069H6593H232H7760H4975H935H43252So I bought them and put them on.H7069H232H1697H3068H7760H49753Then the LORD spoke to me again and said,H1697H3068H8145H5594"Go to the Euphrates River and hide the shorts in a hole in the rocks."H3947H232H7069H4975H6965H3212H6578H2934H5357H55535So I went and hid them near the Euphrates.H3212H2934H6578H3068H66806Some time later the LORD told me to go back to the Euphrates and get the shorts.H7093H7227H3117H3068H559H6965H3212H6578H3947H232H6680H29347So I went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw that they were ruined and were no longer any good.H3212H6578H2658H3947H232H4725H2934H232H7843H67438Then the LORD spoke to me again. He said,H1697H3068H5599"This is how I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.H559H3068H7843H1347H3063H7227H1347H338910These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshiped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good.H7451H5971H3987H8085H1697H1980H8307H3820H3212H310H312H430H5647H7812H232H674311Just as shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and would bring praise and honor to my name; but they would not obey me."H232H1692H4975H376H1692H1004H3478H1004H3063H5002H3068H5971H8034H8416H8597H8085
The Wine Jar
12The LORD God said to me, "Jeremiah, tell the people of Israel that every wine jar should be filled with wine. They will answer that they know every wine jar should be filled with wine.H559H1697H559H3068H430H3478H5035H4390H3196H559H3045H3045H5035H4390H319613Then tell them that I, the LORD, am going to fill the people in this land with wine until they are drunk: the kings, who are David's descendants, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.H559H559H3068H4390H3427H776H4428H3427H1732H3678H3548H5030H3427H3389H794314Then I will smash them like jars against one another, old and young alike. No pity, compassion, or mercy will stop me from killing them."H5310H376H251H1H1121H3162H5002H3068H2550H2347H7355H7843
Jeremiah Warns against Pride
15People of Israel, the LORD has spoken! Be humble and listen to him.H8085H238H1361H3068H169616Honor the LORD, your God, before he brings darkness, and you stumble on the mountains; before he turns into deep darkness the light you hoped for.H5414H3519H3068H430H2821H7272H5062H5399H2022H6960H216H7760H6757H7896H7896H620517If you will not listen, I will cry in secret because of your pride; I will cry bitterly, and my tears will flow because the LORD's people have been taken away as captives.H8085H5315H1058H4565H6440H1466H5869H1830H1830H3381H1832H3068H5739H761718The LORD said to me, "Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.H559H4428H1377H8213H3427H4761H3381H5850H859719The towns of southern Judah are under siege; no one can get through to them. All the people of Judah have been taken away into exile."H5892H5045H5462H6605H3063H1540H7965H154020Jerusalem, look! Your enemies are coming down from the north! Where are the people entrusted to your care, your people you were so proud of ?H5375H5869H7200H935H6828H5739H5414H8597H662921What will you say when people you thought were your friends conquer you and rule over you? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.H559H6485H3925H441H7218H2256H270H802H320522If you ask why all this has happened to you - why your clothes have been torn off and you have been raped - it is because your sin is so terrible.H559H3824H7122H7230H5771H7757H1540H6119H255423Can people change the color of their skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.H3569H2015H5785H5246H2272H3201H3190H3928H748924The LORD will scatter you like straw that is blown away by the desert wind.H6327H7179H5674H7307H405725He has said that this will be your fate. This is what he has decided to do with you, because you have forgotten him and have trusted in false gods.H1486H4490H4055H5002H3068H7911H982H826726The LORD himself will strip off your clothes and expose you to shame.H2834H7757H6440H7036H720027He has seen you do the things he hates. He has seen you go after pagan gods on the hills and in the fields, like a man lusting after his neighbor's wife or like a stallion after a mare. People of Jerusalem, you are doomed! When will you ever be pure?H7200H5004H4684H2154H2184H8251H1389H7704H188H3389H2891H5750H310