1Thus sayth the Lorde vnto mee, Goe, and buy thee a linen girdle, & put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water. 2So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes. 3And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me the second time, saying, 4Take the sash that thou hast bought, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. 5So I went, and hid it by Perath, as the Lord had commanded me. 6And after many dayes, the Lorde sayde vnto mee, Arise, goe towarde Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commaunded thee to hide there. 7Then went I to Perath, and digged, & tooke the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and behold, the girdle was corrupt, and was profitable for nothing. 8Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 9Thus sayth the Lord, After this maner will I destroy the pride of Iudah, and the great pride of Ierusalem. 10This wicked people haue refused to heare my word, and walke after ye stubbernesse of their owne heart, and walke after other gods to serue them, and to worship them: therefore they shalbe as this girdle, which is profitable to nothing. 11For as the girdle cleaueth to the loynes of a man, so haue I tied to me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Iudah, saith the Lorde, that they might bee my people: that they might haue a name and prayse, and glory, but they would not heare. 12Therefore thou shalt speak to them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every skin shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every skin shall be filled with wine? 13Then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, euen the Kings that sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and the Priestes and the Prophets and all the inhabitantes of Ierusalem with drunkennesse. 14And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. 15Heare and giue eare, be not proude: for the Lord hath spoken it. 16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he shall cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he shall turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness. 17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. 18Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory. 19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them [to be] captains, [and] as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? 22And if thou shalt say in thy heart, Why come these things upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, [and] thy heels made bare. 23Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do euill. 24Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South winde. 25This is thy portion, and ye part of thy measures from me, sayth the Lorde, because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in lyes. 26Therefore will I uncover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. 27I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, [and] thy abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when [shall it] once [be]?