NET Bible
"“I, the LORD, say:‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride."
— Jeremiah 13:9, NET Bible
“Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.”
“Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. ”
“Thus says Yahweh, In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.”
“Thus saith the Lord: After this manner will I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot.”
“The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.”
“Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.”
Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”
So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.
Then the LORD’s message came to me,
“I, the LORD, say:‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.
These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
For,’ I say,‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me.
“So tell them,‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says,“Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.”’ And they will probably say to you,‘Do you not think we know that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?’