3 Then another message came to me from the Lord. He said,
4 "Take off the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist. Go to Perath. Hide the belt there in a crack in the rocks."
5 So I went and hid it at Perath. I did just as the Lord had told me to do.
6 Many days later the Lord spoke to me again. He told me, "Go to Perath. Get the belt I told you to hide there."
7 So I went to Perath. I dug up the belt. I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But it had rotted. It was completely useless.
8 Then another message came to me from the Lord. He said,
9 "In the same way, I will destroy Judah's pride. And I will destroy the great pride of Jerusalem.