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Ecclesiastes Chapter 13

1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and

2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it

3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and

5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from

8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith

10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I

12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the

14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and

15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and

17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places

18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:

19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away

25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the

26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of