Take the loincloth that you bought and put on, and go immediately to the River Perath and hide it there in a hole among the rocks.
When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
Then the Lord gave me another message:
Thrash around in agony like a woman giving birth, people of Zion—for you will be expelled from the city, forced to camp out in the open, and exiled to Babylon. But the Lord will bring you back, and rescue you from the power of your enemies.
John had clothes made of camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.