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.

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.

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.

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 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.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

“ Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.And the Lord said to me,“ What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said,“ Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”Then the word of the Lord came to me:“ Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up.I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.“ But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!

Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.And the angel said to those who were standing before him,“ Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said,“ Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.”

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.

( Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)