← Jeremiah

• A. 1–2 God commands: "Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth" — action completed

• B. 3–5 "Go to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks"

• C. 6a CENTER: And it came to pass after many days

• B'. 6b–7 Retrieve girdle: the loincloth was ruined—of no use at all

• A'. 8–11 God interprets: Judah will become like this loincloth, of no use at all / as the loincloth clings to a man's waist, so I caused Israel to cling to Me