¹⁴ I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I swept·​·away ought of it for any unclean use, nor given ought of it for the dead; but I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God, and have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.

¹¹ For as^◦ the girdle^◦ sticks to^▵ the loins of a man^◦, so have I caused to stick to^▵ Me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, says^◦ Jehovah, to be for Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for an adornment; but they would not hear.