And I went to Euphrates and dug, and I took the girdle from the place, there where I had hidden it. And behold, the girdle was rotted. It was not useful for anything.
But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf, and like the wind our iniquities lift us up.
This evil people who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and walk after other gods,to serve them and to bow down to them, shall even be like this girdle which is not useful for anything.
And it happened at the end of many days Jehovah said to me, Rise up, go to Euphrates and take the girdle from there, which I commanded you to hide there.