13:6,7
Sometime later God told Jeremiah to go and get the belt. Jeremiah obeyed. When he retrieved the belt it was ruined and useless. So the Israelites would suffer greatly during their time in exile. They would be reduced to nothing at all.
13:8,9
God now gives Jeremiah a clear explanation of what the purpose of the belt exercise was, although he may well have had a good idea by now. This is also a demonstration that using “non standard” methods of teaching (ie not just straightforward preaching) are somehow not godly. Problems arise when other methods (eg drama) dominate and preaching receives less and less attention. Anyway, the purpose was that the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem would be ruined. Jerusalem had become proud, thinking she was inherently great, instead of realising that her greatness was entirely dependent upon the grace of God.
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