Bible Verses About The Euphrates: Captivity of Judah represented by the marring of Jeremiah's girdle in

And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying:

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

And I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me.

And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

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.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Thus saith the Lord: After this manner will I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot.