After many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there." Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless. Jer 13:6-7
God chose many colorful ways to communicate His truth through the prophets. God’s people were headed for captivity in Babylon. Babylon, located in the Euphrates valley, would be their prison for 70 years. That bondage would take them from their homeland and stain them. The linen wasteband was a sermon illustration for Jeremiah to help them avoid the bondage and the stain. It didn’t work. When we were buried in Babylon, they wished they had paid for attention to God’s warnings. Let’s follow the Lord’s direction to keep ourselves unstained by the world.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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