Jeremiah 13 BSB ISV Parallel

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1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

1This is what the LORD told me: "Go and buy a linen belt for yourself, and put it around your waist. But don't let it get wet."

2So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.

2So I bought the belt according to the LORD's instruction, and put it around my waist.

3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

3Then this message from the LORD came to me a second time:

4“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.”

4Take the belt that you bought and that is around your waist. Get up and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a crevice in the rock."

5So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

5So I went and hid it at the Euphrates, just as the LORD had commanded me.

6Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

6After a long time, the LORD told me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and get the belt that I commanded you to hide there."

7So 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.

7I went to the Euphrates and dug it up. I got the belt from the place where I had hidden it. The belt was ruined! It was not good for anything.

8Then the word of the LORD came to me:

8Then this message from 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 of Jerusalem.

9"This is what the LORD says: 'In the same way I'll ruin the pride of Judah and the pride of Jerusalem.

10These 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.

10This evil people that refuses to listen to my words, that stubbornly pursues their own desires, and that follows other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt that is not good for anything.

11For 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.

11For just as the belt clings tightly to a person's waist, so I've made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah cling tightly to me,' declares the LORD. 'I did this so that they would be my people, name, praise, and glory. But they wouldn't listen.'

12Therefore 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?’

12"This is what you're to tell them: 'This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Every wineskin is to be filled with wine."' When they say to you, 'Don't we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?',

13then 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.

13then say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to make all the inhabitants of this land drunk—the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem.

14I 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.’ ”

14I'll smash them against each other, even fathers against their sons," declares the LORD. "I'll have no pity, mercy, or compassion when I destroy them."'"

15Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

15Listen and pay attention! Don't be proud, for the LORD has spoken.

16Give 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.

16Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. You hope for light, but he turns it into deep darkness. He changes it into heavy gloom.

17But 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.

17If you don't listen, I'll cry secretly because of your pride. My eyes will cry bitterly, flowing tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

18Say to the king and the queen mother, "Come take a lowly seat, because your beautiful crowns have fallen off your heads."

19The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

19The towns in the Negev will be closed up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be taken into exile and be completely exiled.

20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

20"Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you— your beautiful sheep?

21What 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?

21What will you say when the LORD appoints over you as your head those whom you taught to be your allies? Pain will seize you like that seizing a woman about to give birth, will it not?

22And 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.

22When you say to yourselves, 'Why have all these things happened to me?' It's because of the extent of your iniquity that your skirt has been lifted up, and your heels have suffered violence.

23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

23Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then you who are trained to do evil will also be able to do good.

24“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

24I'll scatter them like chaff blown away by a desert wind.

25This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

25"This is your fate, the portion I've measured out for you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

26So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.

26I'll also pull your skirt up over your face, so your shame will be seen,

27Your 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?”

27I've seen your detestable behavior: your adulteries, your passionate neighing, your lewd immorality on the hills in the field. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! You are unclean. How much longer will this go on?"

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