Jeremiah 13:1-7

1The Lord said to me, ‘Go and buy a linen belt. Tie it around your body. But do not put it into water.’

2So I bought a belt, as the Lord had told me to do. I tied it around me.

3The Lord spoke to me again.

4He said, ‘Take the belt that you bought and you are now wearing. Take it now to Perath. Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.’

5So I went to Perath. I hid it there, as the Lord had commanded me to do.

6Many days after that, the Lord said to me, ‘Now go to Perath again. Get the belt that I told you to hide there.’

7So I went back to Perath. I dug out the belt from the place where I had hidden it. But it had become spoiled. I could not use it any more.