“This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.