OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Jeremiah 13:9

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“The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 13:9 in context

Jeremiah 13:6–12

6

After many days, the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”

7

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

8

Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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“The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

11

For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says the LORD; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’

12

“Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’

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