Jeremiah 13:7

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

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The Euphrates was the great river region associated with Babylon, while Jerusalem was Judah’s covenant center and the Negeb its dry southern territory. Jeremiah’s ruined linen belt, hidden at the Euphrates, dramatizes how Judah and Jerusalem’s pride and intended closeness to the Lord would be spoiled through judgment.

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Jeremiah 13:7 mentions Euphrates, Jerusalem and Negeb.

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