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Jeremiah 13:7
“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 marred, it was profitable for nothing.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 13
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So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
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It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
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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 marred, it was profitable for nothing.
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Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Thus says Yahweh, In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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