The command repeated: 'Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: "Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks."' This verse presents a second command: take the belt to 'Perath' (possibly the Euphrates, suggesting exile, or a place near Anathoth) and 'hide it there in a crevice.' The command suggests purposeful concealment. Theologically, this verse indicates the next stage of the symbolic action.

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