Jeremiah 13:7
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Jeremiah 13:7 stands in the section of Jeremiah chapters 12 to 24 that warns the Jews. It is one of the book's striking symbols and signs and figures of speech. God directed Jeremiah to obtain a linen girdle, wear it for a while, and then hide it where it would rot until it was ruined and useless.
This strange action was God's dealing with His children, not fanaticism. The verse proves God notices and cares about what men call small things, such as the cut and fashion of dress, as well as great things, and He is unchanged in this. Its warning and appeal applies to the present day. People should therefore love and trust like little children so God will lead them, and follow the Lamb of God to enter green pastures and drink living waters.