Focused Passage
The Ruined Belt and the Shame of Judah’s Pride
The chapter moves from the symbolic ruined linen belt, to the wine jars filled with drunken judgment, to a call to humble oneself before darkness falls, to royal humiliation and exile, to the exposure of Judah's shame, and finally to the devastating question of whether those habituated to evil can change themselves.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
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