Thematic Bible: Captivity of judah represented by the marring of jeremiah's girdle in


Thematic Bible



And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock; and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me. read more.
And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, 'Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;' and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Thus said Jehovah: Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.