Jeremiah 13:8

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

7 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.

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 of Jerusalem.

10 These 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
KJV
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
WEB
Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
ASV
Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
DARBY
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
BLB
And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
ÅB
Da kom Herrens ord til meg:
OTB
Herrens ord kom så til meg og sa,
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Da kom Herrens ord til mig:

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