The End of Man — David Wilkerson

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The Final Condition of a Person’s Life

Thank you tonight for the power and the glory of Jesus the Manifestation of the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the word. We thank you for the worship Lord. We thank you for the divine order that you bring when the Spirit of the Lord is moving Powerfully by the might and power of God.

Lord Jesus come now. We bind every spirit that is unlike Christ. We bind every hindering spirit every lying spirit every spirit of timesquare. Every wicked spirit out there who had tried to encroach into this house.

Lord there are spirits out there that would love to come in and disturb. But Lord you have all power and all authority and we claim it in Jesus name. It is not our authority. It's yours and I stand in that in Christ's name.

We take that authority in the name of Jesus. We smite every spirit that is unlike Christ every questioning spirit every spirit. That's unlike the Holy Ghost and we drive them out of this house. So that the Word of the Living God will go forth and to us in the authority and the power of the Holy Ghost.

Nothing shall hinder your word tonight. Nothing Lord. Nothing shall hinder your word that you have delivered in Christ's name. We pray amen. 2nd Peter the 2nd chapter verse 20 beginning to read I'm reading from King James for if after they've escaped The pollutions of the world to the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

They are getting tangled there in and overcome the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. I'm calling my message to me the last state of man the last condition look at me for a moment. It's not so it's it's important how you start.

It's more important how you end up with God. It's more important how you end up when you leave this earth either by the coming of the Lord or death or however you leave. It's not just how you begin. It's not even your present state.

That's part of it. But what is going to be your final state or your final condition? How are you going to go out facing Jesus? I? Remember Number well a few years ago in one of our Crusades one of my associates came up and said brother Dave There's a very famous advances to tonight and he named his name and I said I'd like to meet him after the service.

He said well, he'd like to greet you. Because I was when I was a young man. He was the most popular Television radio preacher in America don't want to mention his name. Some of you are too young to even remember him perhaps but he was one of the the top Advances.

In fact, he was often at the president's at the White House counseling the president congressman loved the man. He was very well known and accepted by world leaders all over and I had admired the man.

I'd heard of his speaking our ministry. But he had lost his ministry. He had been accused of having Immorality with both you with young men and young women. Molestation and consequently he'd lost all of his ministry and after the service I Recognized him from pictures years before and his wife was with him and he reached forth a very limp hand.

To shake hands. Now. I remembered him as a dynamic speaker full of life full of authority but I he reached out this very limp hand and I looked at him and tried to make conversation in it it Was like have you ever seen somebody?

They're looking at you, but you wonder if anybody's there. And and I said kindly but he seemed almost to be in a mental blind. I couldn't communicate and I tried to talk to the man and this I could see nothing but an ebbing life flow.

I Made small talk with the dear brother. He said goodbye and took his wife by the hand. He was kind of rather leaning on her and he walked away and I just looked and later I said I to myself I can't believe what's happening to this man.

There's no vision. There's no drive. There's no abounding life. It seems in his last days. He's just ebbing. I he's just going to fade away. I've never forgotten it. I Remember another well-known healing evangelist who went to Argentina years ago.

Now if you're in the charismatic movement for years, you would know his name and I'm not going to mention names tonight. He went down there on a mandate from God. He started with just a few people. But within a month's time, he was feelings filling stadiums all through Buenos Aires.

Hundreds of thousands were saved. The president of Argentina attended the meeting. He became a national hero. In fact, I believe he went back two or three times after that and they literally had I think one service Topped it with a half a million people mighty healings all over Argentina.

Great revival broke out. This man came back to the United States and he lived off of that experience for quite a while. But you know the last state of that man, and I believe it he died here in New York City.

I don't know the exact place. I heard it was New York City, but I don't know for sure he died as an alcoholic in a lonely flea-bitten hotel room. An alcoholic his last state worse than his first his last state his last condition as An addicted Alcoholic a slave to alcohol.

He went out to meet God as a driven demon-possessed alcoholic. When I was a teenager healing Crusades were very popular in those days. The evangelists were arguing over who had the biggest tent and who had the most semi trucks and Who had the biggest staff and it was quite a thing.

In fact at one time there are over 100 evangelists that belong to healing associations. But one of them who had some of the greatest clouds of all and claimed to have had the biggest tent. I went to a few of his meetings.

It was really something people were slain by the hundreds and even nights by the thousands all over the tent. This this man shook America when I was a teenager one night when I went to one of his meetings I Could hardly believe what I was saying, but he would just speak the word and people were falling everywhere.

That dear brother who was probably one of the most powerful of all healing evangelists when I was a teenager. Died in a San Francisco hotel as a homosexual alcoholic and having left his left everything.

Absolutely Mindless he went out to face God his last state. Total disaster total ruin total demon possession. Another who preached to multitudes. I Remember his name. I I heard him preach only one time, but he was very very popular.

He had a big tent semi trucks a huge staff his own airplane. He left his wife at the height of his meetings. He ran off with another woman today. Someone told me just recently that he's a night watchman at a hospital in Florida.

I sat with one of America's best-known evangelist and everybody here tonight would know him. I I went into his office. I was sitting and he was visibly shaken almost trembling. He said brother did guess who just walked out of my office recently.

In fact, I thought it was that day and He said it he was my favorite healing evangelist. One of my favorites to one of the most powerful preachers. Oh did that man preach. The man is now in his 70s and he had just walked out of the office he has the palsy or shakes and Occasionally sleeps in his car.

He is his wife. It says that he curses all day long. He was there to see my friend for evidently a handout and he goes from place to place. Remember some of his mailing list and he goes to this these people around the country just to get a place to stay.

This was the story the evangelist told me he said but I can't believe the ruin of this man's life. Because he gave his life to a woman and to money and to power. This poor evangelist today, even though he's living he doesn't preach.

There's nothing left. His last state is pitiful. The last state of man this past Friday in the prayer meeting I was Walking the platform here in our intercessory Cicero a prayer meeting and I saw a few of our young men That attend this church some young converts one of them especially laying out on the floor.

Interceding groaning crying out to God and I was kneeling here and I said, oh god, that's wonderful. There's a young man has just been saved a few years not fire for God. He has a spirit of intercession upon him.

Oh God, where's he going to be? Should you take 10 years from now 15 years from now? Is he going to be growing. Is he going to be on fire for you? Or is he going to drift back the way so many thousands more do what's his last state going to be?

I know what his present state is, but what's he going to be? I looked down and saw my son Gary when the pastor of this church I think of my son who plays the drums and I thank God for the anointing I see on their life.

I thank God for the touch of the Holy Spirit on them. But I I travel when I think Oh God when I'm dead and gone should you Terry what's it going to be like 20 years down? The line is Gary's still going to be on fire.

Is his last state going to be more glorious than his present state the condition he's in down the road. What's it going to be like. I think of all of us that are here tonight. What. I had two men fighting it also when a pastor Who just left one of the great charismatic churches he's one of the associate pastors here in the East Coast thousands of people attend and he just left that church and he's going to Start one of his own because there's a remnant in that church on fire for God.

That's about to be split in two. He said brother Dave just five years ago. You had to line up to get a seat Sunday night in this church. That we that I was associated with he said they've gotten into Dominion preaching.

They've gotten into false doctrine the pastor travels. He's he's getting famous and he said now they're not 50 people on Sunday night. The last state of that church. It's just burning out. It's going dead.

It's going dry he said there's heresy, but we've got about 200 people in that church want to go with God a Remnant that Bob was talking about this morning. How many churches there are in this city that once were on fire for God and now they're just fizzling out like a firecracker.

Dead that's just died. Oh one time the preacher was on fire for God. But the last state of that man the last day that church is death. Now one of all the great spiritual giants in the Bible who started out so good.

They were so full of God's Spirit. But their last state was wickedness and shame. I think of Saul tonight. This man saw begin as a humble man of God. He was touched by the Spirit of the Lord. In fact, the great prophet Samuel said of Saul the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you.

You shall be turned into another man, and it was so God gave Saul another heart the Bible. Samuel said there's none like him among all the people. And the Spirit of God came upon Saul. Scripture says first Samuel 11 6 and Saul went home and those went with him and there went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched.

He was moving in a realm of the spirit at the time. In fact, he had surrounded himself with men whose God whose hearts have been touched by God in his spirit. Oh. But I you think it's all how sad this man's life is.

This man who started so touched by God so burdened for the Lord so humble before God that he hid himself among the stuff. How sad to see Saul's last state his final condition before dying. God said finally it repents me that I have made Saul the king for he's turned back from following me.

And he's not obeyed my commandments. And he said to Saul for thou has rejected the Lord. He has rejected you also. But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

That means God permitted an evil spirit to fill his heart because he totally rejected the Lord. I don't think you can say anything more tragic about anybody, but this the Lord is departed. What could be more sad.

What's more tragic than to say to look at a man to look at a woman said there's somebody used To walk with God. There's somebody was so on fire for God the Lord's departed from them. He's gone the spirits gone.

What could be worse than that? I want you to turn. I want you to go to first Sam. I want to show you the end of this man first Samuel the 28th chapter and it's tragic absolutely tragic first Samuel 28 beginning to read verse 5 this.

It makes me weep when I read something like this in the Word of God. Remembering how the Spirit of the Lord used to move on him, but then he moved among spiritual men at one time. Verse 5 first Samuel chapter 28 verse 5 and when Saul Saw the host of the Philistines He was afraid in his heart greatly trembled and when Saul inquired of the Lord the Lord answered him not.

Not neither by dreams nor by your nor by prophets. Then said Saul unto his servants seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit. In other words find me a witch. That I may go to her and inquire of her and his servant said to him behold there's a woman that hath a familiar spirit in Endor saw disguised himself and put on another raiment and he went and Two men with him and they came to the woman by night and said I pray thee Divine unto me by the familiar spirit and bring me up whom I may name unto you.

First ten and Saul swore by her the Lord saying as the Lord liveth. There should be no punishment. Verse 11 then the Lord said whom shall I bring up? He said bring me up Samuel. The woman saw Samuel she cried with a loud voice and the woman spoke to Saul.

Now that had to be an apparition. There's no way a devil or a witch can bring up a man of God. Why hast thou deceived me for thou art Saul the king said her be not afraid I verse 14 He said what form is he and she said an old man comes up and he's covered with a mantle and Saul Perceived that it was Sam when he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed himself.

Listen to this and Samuel said to Saul Why is thou disquieted me to bring me up and Saul answered? I'm sore distressed that Philistines are making war against me and God is departed from me and he answers me.

No more not by prophets not by dreams. Therefore. I've called you that you may speak make known to me what I should do. Samuel said wherefore then does thou ask of me seeing the Lord's departed from thee has become your enemy and the Lord hath done To him as he spake by me verse 18 because thou obeyed not the voice of the Lord Executed his fierce wrath against them Amalek.

Therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee. Look look at verse 19 more. The Lord also will deliver Israel with thee into the hand of Philistines and tomorrow. So thou and thy sons be with me the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel to the hand of the Philistines and Saul fell straightway all along on the earth and Was so afraid because the words of Samuel there was no strength in him for eat no bread all day nor all night.

Now look this way, please. You see this man his last state. He's not seeking God. He's seeking to a witch a man of God. Whose last state is worse than his first strike fear in your heart. Doesn't it bring the fear of the Lord to your heart?

Solomon’s Wisdom and His Spiritual Decline

Do you remember Solomon? The Bible said all Israel saw that the wisdom of God was in him. In fact, his prayer was Oh God give to me thy servant an understanding heart. To judge your people that I may discern between good and bad.

Let me know what is right and what is wrong. That's my prayer. And God answered I have given you a wise and an understanding heart. This man was so touched by God. He wrote 3 ,000 Proverbs. He wrote 1005 songs.

And folks we have Brother sister, we have the wisdom of Solomon before sharing the very Word of God. Kings of the earth came to hear his wisdom and discernment. God appeared to him two times in a dream giving him great promises and also dire warnings.

He warned all of Israel this this this is Solomon speaking. He said when every man begins to recognize the plague of his own heart. If you recognize there's a plague of sin in you you stretch forth your hands toward this house and to God.

Lord, will you hear us and forgive us and give to every man according to his ways? Whose heart thou knowest? In fact, one of Solomon's prophets was this whosoever digs a pit shall fall therein. No, I want you to go to first Kings and I want to show you the last state of Solomon.

First Kings the 11th chapter first Kings the 11th chapter. Are you going to follow me? If you love the Word of God say man first Kings 11th chapter. Now here's a man Who was visited personally by God in night dreams two times.

Here's a man who built a temple to his glory. Here's a man who once was so mightily touched. He became a type of Christ. Verse 1. But King Solomon loved many strange women together with the daughter Pharaoh women of the Moabites Amorites Edomites Assyrianites and Hittites of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel you shall not go into them.

Neither shall they come in unto you for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. But Solomon claimed he cherished these women in love. And he had 700 wives and princes. But look at verse 4 came to pass when Solomon was old that his wives Turned away his heart after other gods and his heart was not perfect toward the Lord.

His God is what's the heart of his father David? Solomon went after asked with the goddess of zillion nights and of Milcom the abomination of the Amorites. Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord and we're not fully after Lord is David his father.

Look what he does. He builds a temple to Chamos the abomination of Moab. Look at verse 9. The Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel. Which had appeared unto him twice now look this way if you will, please.

Here's another man of God who goes out into eternity full of lust. A sex crazed man diseased. This man had lost all sense of morality. The man who prayed Oh God. The only thing I want in life is to know what is right and what is wrong.

He goes out his last state is shame. His last state is iniquity. He's in a he's in a state of absolute confusion. God stirred up adversaries against him. It said he stirred up the anger the Lord. The Lord was angry with Solomon.

Remember Samson. Oh, by the way, you know, you know, it struck me. I was reading it today. You know how they you know Israel remembered Solomon when his son came to the throne and they had a delegation a tax delegation came to him wanting relief from their Taxes, you know how they remembered Solomon these words.

He made our yoke grievous. What a memorial to put on someone's so the epitaph of a man of God. He made our yoke grievous. What a thing to say of a pastor or an evangelist anyway, he made our yoke grievous.

He just he had dreams. He wanted to build a big church. He wanted a TV ministry. He wanted this and that he did it on the backs of all the Church of God. He made our yoke grievous. What a what a terrible tragedy you remember Samson a Nas right under God from the womb.

The Bible said the Lord blessed him. The Spirit of the Lord began to move on him at times at the camp of Dan. For 20 years this man rules with power and authority. God was with him. He could tell lion and in pieces with his bare hands.

He was separated on their Nas right vow. Since this boy was a child. He was separated under the Lord. The Philistines came against him one time and they bound him with cords. But the Spirit of the Lord came on him mightily and the cords became his flax.

It would burn in the fire and his bands loosed from his hands. And he took the job vote of an ass and killed a thousand up right on the spot. The Spirit of God would come on this man. But what was Samson's last state?

How did Samson go out to meet God? Samson went out. Not consorting with God or the Holy Ghost he was consorting with prostitutes. Prostitutes, you know what his last words were. Let me die with the Philistines.

They plucked his eyes out. They cut off his arts when he dies as revenge for his eyes not even revenge for what was done against the holiness of God. Samson's last state Is one of shame and wickedness.

Now you say how does that have to do with this with this body tonight? Well, I'm afraid many of us are like Peter who say when we hear these things with Lord. Though all these others have failed you not I I will never let you down.

I'll never go out like that. I'm telling you here right now. It's possible to lose your first love. It's possible to grow cold to turn away and be ensnared by the cares and the rich of this world and How do I know Jesus said so?

Now it's not just I said before and I want to say it again. It's not how you begin. That's important. It's not where you are right now. That is important. I want to talk about your last state. I want to consider where you're going where you're headed.

I want to consider three possibilities and everything I said up to now is this to get ready to preach. Number one listen closely, please possible possibility number one. It's possible That while you're sitting here.

Your last state may become wicked and shameful just like these men I've mentioned you may be sitting here right now. Thinking I will never fail God. I will never lose what I have. But I'm telling you there's a possibility that your last state can become as wicked and shameful as Saul as Solomon and Samson Jesus warned in fact, I want you go to Matthew the 12th.

The Unclean Spirit and the Danger of Emptiness

Matthew the 12th chapter. No, I want I want Jesus to tell you about it. Matthew 12 12 chapter of Matthew. And by the way, the Bible said let him That think if he stand to take heed lest he fall that's first.

Corinthians 10 12. Let him that think if he stand to take heed lest he fall. You said I could never fall. I'd never say that I say but by the grace of God Lord, I just thank you. You're keeping me day by day.

Hallelujah. Matthew 12 verse 43 beginning to read. When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man. He walked through dry places seeking rest and findeth none. Then he saith I will return into my house whence I came out and when he's come he findeth it empty swept and garnished.

Means put in order then goeth he and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked themselves. And they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man. What's my message tonight? The last state of man and I got it from Jesus and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. All right, please would you look at verse 14? Then he saith this is the evil spirit that's gone out. I Will what I will return have you found it? Verse 44 rather verse 44.

Matthew 12, did I say 12 before 14? I'm sorry. It's 12. Verse 43. I went verse 44 verse 44 then he said what I Will return. I will return. Listen, no evil spirit has ever been cast out of any man without that same vow be made by every evil spirit.

I will return. I'll return. Now the unclean spirit is evidently shocked. When he returns and finds the house empty and Swept he's evidently shocked because he leaves immediately. He does not enter in.

He's up it appears that this evil spirit is shocked and he goes and finds seven more spirits more wicked than themselves and he comes and repossesses this empty house. Now Jesus said that this man whoever he is represents this wicked generation.

That's the generation that began during the time of Jesus Jesus. Listen when Christ was preaching that was the beginning of the last generation. We are at the end of the last generation. How many believe that we are at the close of the last generation.

This is the generation Jesus are referring to. I want you to follow me very closely, please the last Generation is going to have men the scripture says that are going to wax worse and worse. It's going to get more evil seven times more evil.

In fact This man represents this wicked generation this last generation. Among them will be fallen apostate Christians not overcomers, but Christians by name only. I Want to ask you a question? Jesus is talking about an unclean spirit re-entering with seven spirits more wicked than themselves.

How does he re-enter? How is it that Satan has such an easy access to this man? Let me tell you what I see and I believe this what the Lord's laying on my heart. It's because of an emptiness in this man a spirit of complacency and apathy and spiritual laziness.

This man is focused on staying clean. He's focused on what he once was Compared to what he is now because when the evil spirit was there it caused disorder in his life. It caused him confusion and There's not a sinner in this building that at one time was bound by habit.

They can't tell me right to my face brother David when I was bound by this habit. It caused such disorder in my life. It's called such confusion and when he was gone There's such a peace and there's an order about your life.

Things start falling in place. You begin to see the daylight you wake up. You see the sunshine for the first time in years. There's an order to your life and You can become so focused on that victory.

So focus brother Bob's priesthood all the pastors have preached it in one way or another. But you see this man was focused on a broom. He kept sweeping all the time. He didn't want anything to ever allow that spirit.

There was such a freedom. I've been freed from this. But you see this man is going to be repossessed and He's going to be condemned on the Judgment Day by the men of Nineveh. This whole story began when some Pharisees came to Jesus and said show us a sign.

Show us a sign. They had rejected Jesus, but they wanted a sign from him. And so Jesus goes on and he gives this whole Lesson here about this unclean spirit being cast out of a man. But he said and I'm going to read it to you as Jonas was three days and three nights in the well Social the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment with this wicked generation the one that Jesus talking about represented by this man and They shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonas and behold a greater than Jonas is here.

And the Queen of the South that's the Queen of Sheba shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it. For she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold a greater than Solomon is here and You can't you can't even think of the theology of this unclean spirit until you base it on what Jesus said before it.

Now follow me, please. This is so very very important. This man is going to be repossessed. The evil spirits gone. But you see he's clean. He's focused on the broom and sweeping and everything being in order.

He wants everything to be in order, but you see the Queen of Sheba is going to rise up and condemn him. Representing this whole generation everyone like him because you see the Queen of Sheba Came from the uttermost part of the earth for one purpose.

She had a hungry heart. She had questions in her mind that had to be answered. Her own kingdom could wait. Her own Desires could wait. I see her loading up her donkeys and her camels and all her spices and everything else.

She said I'm dropping everything because I've heard of a man who can answer my questions who can satisfy my heart. I'm going to see King Solomon. King Solomon's a type here of Jesus Christ at this point.

And you see the Bible. Jesus say the Queen of Sheba is going to rise up in the judgment. Because she puts such forth an effort. She came from the uttermost part of the earth. What this woman must have gone through he's describing miles and miles through desert.

This woman can't wait. She said I will not give rest till I meet Solomon. In fact when she got to see Solomon, she said the half has not been told me. Her heart her spirit was taken away from her. She couldn't believe her ears.

She'd been so satisfied. She said I am it's greater than anything. I've ever heard why? She came to Solomon. You see this man wasn't coming to Solomon this man really didn't have to repentance. You know, we've got a whole nation right now full of drugs alcohol sex bound by all kinds of lust and they're all saying I want to be free.

I want to be clean. So they run the Betty Ford Hospital. It's packed with celebrities, isn't it? They run from one hospital to another. What's the cry of America? I want to be clean. I want to be free and they're focused on being clean the Pharisees.

All they were focused on was our cleanliness. They wanted to be clean. That's not enough to be able to sit in this church. And in any service and say I'm clean. I'm clean that that won't get you anywhere.

If your heart is empty and you're not going out for Jesus, but you're not trying to have your heart filled with him. And so it's it's it's very clear here that Jesus is saying this man's repentance wasn't full.

It wasn't complete. Because all he wanted repentance for was to say the evil spirits gone. You know, you can come to me as a Christian and say I was a Christian and I was demon-possessed and I'm free now.

Well, I'm not going to argue any point on that docly see to me. That's not the issue. The issue is if you're clean, are you going out after Jesus? Are you seeking him with all your heart? Are you wanting to be like him?

Are you still gossiping? Are you still living in any kind of sin? Are you going after Solomon? Are you going after him? You're getting your heart fed. Is there something reaching out to Jesus in you? Oh.

That's how so a big God put it to us this morning involves preaching on the remnant. If this evil spirit came back by himself. Or itself, whatever it is. And he sees this man going out. This man is so consumed with Jesus.

So consumed and getting to know him. Jesus has moved in and all of his glory. Do you think that that demon or that devil or whatever was evil spirit gonna go out and find others seven spirits and come back?

Know that evil spirits gonna run as fast as he can. He's going to flee. He's gonna flee. I'm telling you I don't believe a man is really saved if all he if all he is. It's delivered from a habit and doesn't have a heart for Jesus.

I don't believe you're really saved and tell your hearts crying out. I want Jesus with everything that's in me. We've got such a shallow salvation being preached today come to Jesus and get your habit broken.

No, you come to Jesus. That's the beginning, but you cling to him. I want to show that to you. I Want to. I want to show that to you in the scripture. All this this man is is going to end up seven times worse than he was before.

You know the men of Nineveh are going to rise up because they cried mightily unto God and they turned everyone from his evil way. I want you to turn to Jeremiah 13. I want to show you something the Lord the Lord really for weeks has been speaking to me on on this particular chapter in Jeremiah.

Clinging to God Like the Linen Girdle

Jeremiah 13 I would talk to talk to you about God's girdle. That's what the King James calls it. I think the New American Standard calls it a Linen waistband. Because even the men what they did heavy work and they put this around their waist.

It was so high and it was tied around the waist to give support to give support. Chapter 13. Jeremiah 13. Thus saith the Lord unto me go and get thee a linen girdle and put it upon thy loins and put it not in water.

So I got a girdle according to the Word of the Lord and put it on my loins and The Word of the Lord came unto me the second time saying take the girdle that thou hast got. Which is upon thy loins and arise go to Euphrates and hide it there in a hole in the rock.

So I went and hid it by the Euphrates. He had to go 250 miles by the way. He had to go 250 miles to do this as the Lord commanded me. It came to pass after many days the Lord said unto me arise go to Euphrates.

Take the girdle from fence which I commanded thee to hide there. So I went to Euphrates and digged and took the girdle from the place which I hid it and behold the girdle was marred. It was profitable for nothing.

It was ruined. In other words, then the Lord word of the Lord came to me saying thus saith the Lord after this matter. Well, I mar the pride of Judah with great pride of Jerusalem this evil people which refused to hear my words.