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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 13 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Jeremiah 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/12.htm" title="Jeremiah 12">◄</a> Jeremiah 13 <a href="../jeremiah/14.htm" title="Jeremiah 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/jeremiah/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">The Ruined Waistband</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it on your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>loins, but do not put it in water.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So I bought the waistband according to the word of the LORD and put it on my loins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is [wrapped] around your loins, and go to the [river] Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And after many days the LORD said to me, “Get up, go to the Euphrates and get the waistband which I commanded you to hide there.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistband was decayed <i>and</i> ruined; it was completely worthless. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Thus says the LORD, ‘In this same way I shall destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>These wicked <i>and</i> malevolent people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods [which are nothing--just man-made carvings] to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For as the waistband clings to the body of a man, so I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the LORD, ‘that they might be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory; but they did not listen <i>and</i> obey.’ <p class="hdg">Captivity Threatened</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Therefore you are to speak this word to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar should be filled with wine.”’ The people will say to you, ‘Do we not already know that every jar should be filled with wine?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am about to fill with drunkenness all the people of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will smash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD. “I shall destroy them [nothing will restrain Me]; I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion.”’” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Listen and pay close attention, do not be haughty <i>and</i> overconfident, <t><p class="indent1">For the LORD has spoken [says Jeremiah]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Give glory to the LORD your God, <t><p class="indent1">Before He brings darkness <t><p class="indent1">And before your feet stumble <t><p class="indent1">On the dark <i>and</i> shadowy mountains, <t><p class="indent1">And while you are longing for light <t><p class="indent1">He turns it into the shadow of death, <t><p class="indent1">And makes it into thick darkness. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But if you will not listen <i>and</i> obey, <t><p class="indent1">My soul will weep in secret for your pride; <t><p class="indent1">My eyes will weep bitterly <t><p class="indent1">And flow with tears, <t><p class="indent1">Because the LORD’S flock has been taken captive. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Say to the king and the queen mother, <p class="indent1stline">“Humble yourselves <i>and</i> take a lowly seat, <t><p class="indent1">For your beautiful crown [the crown of your glory] <t><p class="indent1">Has come down from your head.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The cities of the South (the Negev) have been closed up, <t><p class="indent1">And there is no one to open them; <t><p class="indent1">All Judah has been carried into exile, <t><p class="indent1">Completely carried away into exile. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Lift up your eyes and see <t><p class="indent1">Those coming from the north. <t><p class="indent1">Where is the flock that was given to you [to shepherd], <t><p class="indent1">Your beautiful flock? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“What will you say [O Jerusalem] when the LORD appoints [foreign nations to rule] over you-- <t><p class="indent1">Those former friends and allies whom you have encouraged [to be your companions]-- <t><p class="indent1">Will not pain seize you <t><p class="indent1">Like [that of] a woman in childbirth? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“And if you [wonder and] say in your heart, <t><p class="indent1">‘Why have these things happened to me?’ <t><p class="indent1">It is because of the greatness <i>and</i> nature of your sin <t><p class="indent1">That your skirts have been <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>pulled away [subjecting you to public disgrace] <t><p class="indent1">And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Can the Ethiopian change his skin <t><p class="indent1">Or the leopard his spots? <t><p class="indent1">Then you also can do good <t><p class="indent1">Who are accustomed to evil <i>and</i> even trained to do it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Therefore I will scatter you like drifting straw <t><p class="indent1">[Driven away] by the desert wind. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“This is your destiny, the portion [of judgment] measured to you <t><p class="indent1">From Me,” says the LORD, <p class="indent1stline">“Because you have forgotten Me <t><p class="indent1">And trusted in [pagan] lies [the counterfeit gods, and the pretense of alliance].” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“So I Myself will throw your skirts up over your face, <t><p class="indent1">That your shame may be exposed [publicly]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“I have seen your vile <i>and</i> detestable acts, <t><p class="indent1">Even your adulteries and your <i>lustful</i> neighings [after idols], <t><p class="indent1">And the lewdness of your prostitution <t><p class="indent1">On the hills in the fields. <t><p class="indent1">Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Jerusalem! <t><p class="indent1">How long will you remain unclean [by ignoring My precepts]?”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> The midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Using the expression for the violation of a woman, the writer describes how the Babylonians would deal with Judah.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>