1. Thus says the Lord to me: "Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water."
2. And so I obtained a waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins.
3. And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying:
4. "Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock."
5. And so I went, and I hid it by the Euphrates, just as the Lord had instructed me.
6. And it happened that, after many days, the Lord said to me: "Rise up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth, which I instructed you to hide there."
7. And so I went to the Euphrates, and I dug up and took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth had rotted, so that it was not fit for any use.
8. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: