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.
So I went to the Euphrates River, dug up the belt from the place where I had hidden it, and found that it was ruined and completely useless.
The writer is describing how he discovered that the belt he had buried by the river was now completely destroyed and worthless.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a symbolic act God commanded Jeremiah to perform as an object lesson for the people of Judah. Jeremiah had earlier been told to buy a linen belt, wear it, then hide it by the Euphrates River. This dramatic demonstration was meant to show how God's people, once close to Him like a belt around the waist, had become spiritually corrupted and useless through their disobedience and idol worship.
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