2 GLT And I bought a loincloth as Yahweh spoke, and I put it around my hips. BSB BSB: So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
3 GLT And the word of Yahweh was to me a second time, saying, BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
4 GLT “Take the loincloth that you purchased, that{ is} around your hips, and rise, go to Perath and hide it there in a cleft of a rock.” BSB BSB: “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
5 GLT And I went and hid it in Perath, just as Yahweh commanded me. BSB BSB: So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
6 GLT And it happened from the end of many days, and Yahweh said to me,“Rise, go back to Perath, and take from there the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” BSB BSB: Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
7 GLT And I went to Perath and dug and I took the loincloth from the place that I hid it there, and behold, the loincloth ruined, it was not useful for anything. BSB BSB: So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
8 GLT And the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me:
9 GLT “Thus says Yahweh,‘Thus I will destroy the great majesty of Judah and Jerusalem. BSB BSB: “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 GLT This wicked people who refuses to listen to my word, who walk in the hardness of their heart, who go after other gods to worship them and bow down to them— they will be like this undergarment that is good for nothing. BSB BSB: These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
11 GLT For just as an undergarment clings to someone’ s hips, so I have made all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah cling to me— this is Yahweh’ s declaration— to be my people, to bring me fame, praise, and honor. But they would not listen to me. BSB BSB: For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
12 GLT So you must speak this word to them,‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: Every jar will be filled with wine.’ They will say to you,‘Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine?’ BSB BSB: Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
13 GLT So say to them,‘Yahweh says this: See, I am about to fill with drunkenness every inhabitant of this land, the kings who sit on David’ s throne, the priests, prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
14 GLT Then I will smash each man against his brother, fathers and children together— this is Yahweh’ s declaration— I will not pity them or have compassion, and I will not spare them from destruction.’” BSB BSB: I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
15 GLT Listen and pay attention. Do not be arrogant, for Yahweh had spoken. BSB BSB: Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
16 GLT Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. BSB BSB: Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
17 GLT So if you will not listen, I will weep alone because of your arrogance. My eyes will certainly weep and flow with tears, for Yahweh’ s flock has been taken captive. BSB BSB: But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
18 GLT “Say to the king and to the queen,‘Come down from your thrones, for your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.’ BSB BSB: Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
19 GLT The cities in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive. BSB BSB: The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
20 GLT Lift up your eyes and look at the ones coming from the north. Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you? BSB BSB: Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
21 GLT What will you say when God sets over you those you had trained to be your special allies? Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth? BSB BSB: What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
22 GLT Then you might say in your heart,‘Why are these things happening to me?’ It will be for the multitude of your iniquities that your skirts are raised up and you have been violated. BSB BSB: And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
23 GLT Can the people of Cush change their skin color, or can a leopard change its spots? If so, then you yourself, although accustomed to wickedness, would be able to do good. BSB BSB: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 GLT So I will scatter them like chaff that perishes in the desert wind. BSB BSB: “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
25 GLT This is what I have given to you, the portion I have decreed for you— this is Yahweh’ s declaration— because you have forgotten me and trusted in deceit. BSB BSB: This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
26 GLT So also I myself will strip your skirts off you, and your private parts will be seen. BSB BSB: So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
27 GLT I have seen your adultery and neighing, the wickedness of your prostitution on the hills and in the fields, these detestable things! Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long until you are made clean again?” BSB BSB: Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
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