A Spoiled Loincloth ( Jeremiah 13-1-11) 1 Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, 4 “ Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in cleft of the rock.” 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commended me. 6 And after many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the loincloth that I commaned you to hide there.” 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Thus says the Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who ref