Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 13:10

A church father on this verse
“After these things let us look at what concerns the loincloth. For "Thus," it says, "says the Lord: Go and acquire for yourself a linen loincloth, and put it around your loins, and do not pass it through water. And I acquired a loincloth according to the word of the Lord and put it around my loins. And the word of the…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 11

Source: Septuagint

Original

10even this great pride of the men that will not hearken to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing.

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8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord,

9Thus will I mar the pride of Judah, and the pride of Jerusalem;

— Jeremiah 13:10 —

11For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not hearken to me.

12And thou shalt say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that thou shalt say to them,

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