¹¹ For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah ^(A)cling to Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘that they might be for Me a people, for a ^(B)name, for ^(C)praise, and for beauty; but they ^(D)did not listen.’

The Magnitude of Israel’s Iniquity

¹² “Therefore you are to say this word to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’ ¹³ Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with ^(E)drunkenness!