What did Jeremiah do with a linen loincloth to symbolize the ruined state of Judah’s pride?
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Correct answer: He hid it by the Euphrates until it rotted
Jeremiah was told to hide the loincloth in a rock. When he retrieved it much later, it was ruined and useless, signifying how God would mar the pride of Judah and Jerusalem because of their disobedience.
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