1This is what the LORD said to me:…
2So I bought a loincloth in accordance with…
3Then the word of the LORD came to…
4“Take the loincloth that you bought and are…
5So I went and hid it at Perath,…
6Many days later the LORD said to me,…
7So I went to Perath and dug up…
8Then the word of the LORD came to…
9“This is what the LORD says: In the…
10These evil people, who refuse to listen to…
11For just as a loincloth clings to a…
12Therefore you are to tell them that this…
13then you are to tell them that this…
14I will smash them against one another, fathers…
15Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant,…
16Give glory to the LORD your God before…
17But if you do not listen, I will…
18Say to the king and to the queen…
19The cities of the Negev have been shut…
20Lift up your eyes and see those coming…
21What will you say when He sets over…
22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this…
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the…
24“I will scatter you like chaff driven by…
25This is your lot, the portion I have…
26So I will pull your skirts up over…
27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution…
