So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined— of no use at all.

我就往幼发拉底河去，将腰带从我所藏的地方刨出来，见腰带已经变坏，毫无用了。

我就往幼发拉底河去，把那腰带从我所藏的地方挖出来。看哪，腰带已经破烂，毫无用处了。

我就往幼发拉底河去，把那腰带从我所藏的地方挖出来。看哪，腰带已经破烂，毫无用处了。

我就去幼发拉底河边把所藏的腰带挖出来，但腰带已经腐烂，不能用了。

于是我往幼发拉底河去，在那里挖掘，把腰带从我埋藏的地方取出来；看哪！腰带已经腐烂了，完全没用了。

我就往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶從我所藏的地方刨出來，見腰帶已經變壞，毫無用了。

我就往幼發拉底河去，把那腰帶從我所藏的地方挖出來。看哪，腰帶已經破爛，毫無用處了。

我就往幼發拉底河去，把那腰帶從我所藏的地方挖出來。看哪，腰帶已經破爛，毫無用處了。

我就去幼發拉底河邊把所藏的腰帶挖出來，但腰帶已經腐爛，不能用了。

於是我往幼發拉底河去，在那裡挖掘，把腰帶從我埋藏的地方取出來；看哪！腰帶已經腐爛了，完全沒用了。

我就往伯拉河去刨，將圍腰服從我所埋藏的地方取出來；啊，已經壞了；毫無用處了。

我則往伯拉、自所藏處掘而出之、見帶已壞而無用、

我往百辣、於所藏之所、掘磐取帶、帶已糜爛無益。

我往伯拉河、於所藏之所、掘而取帶、見帶已壞、不適於用、

So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.

So I went to Perath. I dug up the belt. I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But it had rotted. It was completely useless.

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing.

So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.

Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the undergarment from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the undergarment was ruined, it was completely useless.

Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the sash from the place where I had hidden it; and there was the sash, ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined— of no use at all.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

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 ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.

“ Now, salt is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty?It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.The LORD said to me,“ What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said,“ Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”The word of the LORD came to me:“ This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God because they will return to me with all their heart.“ But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the LORD says: In this way I will deal with King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem— those remaining in this land or living in the land of Egypt.

Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!”

Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.So the angel of the LORD spoke to those standing before him,“ Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to him,“ See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with festive robes.”

These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship— they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.