Jeremiah 13:7
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And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.

it was.

Jeremiah 13:10 This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle ,which is fit for no use.

Jeremiah 24:1-8 The Lord shewed me: and behold two baskets full of figs, set before the temple of the Lord: after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, and his chief men, and the craftsmen, and engravers of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. . . .

Isaiah 64:6 And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Ezekiel 15:3-5 Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon? . . .

Zechariah 3:3,4 And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments: and he stood before the face of the angel. . . .

Luke 14:34,35 Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? . . .

Romans 3:12 All have turned out of the way: they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

Philemon 1:11 Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:

Context
The Linen Loincloth
6And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it and behold the girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for no use.8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:…
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:6
And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me: Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Jeremiah 13:8
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Lexicon
So I went
וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ (wā·’ê·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to Perath
פְּרָ֔תָה (pə·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6578: Euphrates -- a river of west Asia

and dug up
וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר (wā·’eḥ·pōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

the loincloth,
הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר (hā·’ê·zō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

and I took
וָֽאֶקַּח֙ (wā·’eq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

it from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the place
הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

where
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I had hidden it.
טְמַנְתִּ֣יו (ṭə·man·tîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2934: To hide, conceal

But now
וְהִנֵּה֙ (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

[it]
הָאֵז֔וֹר (hā·’ê·zō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

was ruined—
נִשְׁחַ֣ת (niš·ḥaṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

of no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

use
יִצְלַ֖ח (yiṣ·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward

at all.
לַכֹּֽל׃ (lak·kōl)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Additional Translations
So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.Then I went to Euphrates, and dig, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Then I went to the 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 river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I had buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.

And I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.

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.

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.

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.
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