

They are prophesying to you false visions, ( DW) divinations, ( DX) idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. I have not sent ( DV) them or appointed them or spoken to them. ( DS) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace ( DT) in this place.’”ġ4 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies ( DU) in my name. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, ( DO) famine ( DP) and plague.” ( DQ)ġ3 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets ( DR) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry ( DK) though they offer burnt offerings ( DL) and grain offerings, ( DM) I will not accept ( DN) them.

He will now remember ( DH) their wickednessġ1 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray ( DJ) for the well-being of this people. I will allow no pity ( BF) or mercy or compassion ( BG) to keep me from destroying ( BH) them.’” Threat of Captivity 14 I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. ( BC) But they have not listened.’ ( BD) Wineskinsġ2 “Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ 13 then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness ( BE) all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen ( AW) to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts ( AX) and go after other gods ( AY) to serve and worship them, ( AZ) will be like this belt-completely useless! ( BA) 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown ( BB) and praise and honor. ( AU)Ħ Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.” 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.Ĩ Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride ( AV) of Jerusalem. A Linen Beltġ3 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.ģ Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: ( AS) 4 “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath ( AT) and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.” 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me. ( AQ) 17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy ( AR) it,” declares the Lord. 16 And if they learn ( AN) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’ ( AO)-even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal ( AP)-then they will be established among my people. 15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion ( AL) and will bring ( AM) each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. They will bear the shame of their harvestīecause of the Lord’s fierce anger.” ( AH)ġ4 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance ( AI) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot ( AJ) them from their lands and I will uproot ( AK) the people of Judah from among them. They will wear themselves out but gain nothing.

That other birds of prey surround and attack?ġ0 Many shepherds ( X) will ruin my vineyardġ2 Over all the barren heights in the desertįor the sword ( AB) of the Lord ( AC) will devour ( AD)įrom one end of the land to the other ( AE)
