Then I wentto the Euphratesand dug,and I tookthe waistbandfrom the placewhereI had hiddenit; and lo,the waistbandwas ruined,it was totallyworthless.
For allof us have becomelike one who is unclean,And allour righteousdeedsare like a filthygarment;And allof us witherlike a leaf,And our iniquities,like the wind,takeus away.
Thiswickedpeople,whorefuseto listento My words,who walkin the stubbornnessof their heartsand have goneafterothergodsto servethem and to bowdownto them, let them be just like thiswaistbandwhichis totallyworthless.
Aftermanydaysthe LORDsaidto me, "Arise,goto the Euphratesand takefrom therethe waistbandwhichI commandedyou to hidethere."
Then the wordof the LORDcameto me, saying,
ALLHAVE TURNED ASIDE,TOGETHERTHEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;THERE IS NONEWHO DOESGOOD,THERE IS NOT EVENONE."
who formerlywas uselessto you, but nowis usefulbothto you and to me.
