“Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.”
Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the Lord will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies.
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: