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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying,

`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.