2 So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the Lord and put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,
4 "Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock."
5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me.
6 After many days the Lord said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there."
7 Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,