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Jeremiah 13:7

Euphrates

5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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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.
KJV
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
WEB
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.
ASV
Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
DARBY
And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.
BLB
And I went to Perath and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it there; and behold, the loincloth had been ruined, [and] it was not profitable for anything.
ÅB
Og jeg gikk til Eufrat og gravde og tok beltet fra det sted hvor jeg hadde skjult det; og se, beltet var ødelagt, det dudde ikke til noe.
OTB
Så jeg dro til Eufrat og gravde opp plagget fra stedet hvor jeg hadde gjemt det; og se, plagget var ødelagt og fullstendig ubrukelig.
B1930
Og jeg gikk til Eufrat og gravde og tok beltet fra det sted hvor jeg hadde skjult det; og se, beltet var ødelagt, det dudde ikke til noget.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 64:6

    But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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  • Romans 3:12

    They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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  • Jeremiah 24:1–8

    The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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  • Luke 14:34–35

    Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

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  • Zechariah 3:3–4

    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

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  • Ezekiel 15:3–5

    Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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  • Jeremiah 13:10

    This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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  • Philemon 1:11

    Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

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