All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Jeremiah 13:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I went to the Euphrates and dug and took the girdle or waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the girdle was decayed and spoiled; it was good for nothing. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So I went to the Euphrates and I dug up the linen undergarment from the place I had buried it. But it was ruined and good for nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And so I went to the Euphrates, and I dug up and took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth had rotted, so that it was not fit for any use. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it: and behold, the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use. |
All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship #– #they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.
A long time later the Lord said to me, ‘Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there.’
All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one. ,
Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.