4 “Take off the shorts. Go to Parah and hide the shorts in a crack between some large rocks.”
5 And that's what I did.
6 Some time later the Lord said, “Go back and get the shorts.”
7 I went back and dug the shorts out of their hiding place, but the cloth had rotted, and the shorts were ruined.
8 Then the Lord said:
9 Jeremiah, I will use Babylonia to destroy the pride of the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
10 The people of Judah are evil and stubborn. So instead of listening to me, they do whatever they want and even worship other gods. When I have finished with these people, they will be good for nothing, just like this pair of shorts.