Jeremiah 13:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ This evil people that refuses to listen to my words, that stubbornly pursues their own desires,^[a] and that follows other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt that is not good for anything. ¹¹ For just as the belt clings tightly to a person’s waist, so I’ve made all the people^[b] of Israel and all the people^[c] of Judah cling tightly to me,’ declares the Lord. ‘I did this^[d] so that they would be my people, name, praise, and glory. But they wouldn’t listen.’

The Wineskins

¹² “This is what you’re to tell them: ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “Every wineskin is to be filled with wine.”’ When they say to you, ‘Don’t we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?’,