Jeremiah 13:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ “This is what the Lord says: This is how I will destroy Judah’s arrogance and Jerusalem’s extreme arrogance. ¹⁰ These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They go their own stubborn ways and follow other gods in order to serve them and worship them. They are like this good-for-nothing belt. ¹¹ As a belt clings to a person’s waist, so I have made the entire nation of Israel and the entire nation of Judah cling to me,” declares the Lord. “I did this so that they would be my people and bring fame, praise, and honor to me. However, they wouldn’t listen.