For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me

 Jeremiah 13:1-14

Then the word of the Lord came to me:  “This is what the Lordsays: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great prideof Jerusalem. These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless! For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’

Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’”

Why?

The Lord asked Jeremiah used a ruin belt as example to describe the relationship between the Lord and people of Judah and Jerusalem. They should be have the close relationship with the Lord as belt to a man. But they abandon the true God and follow the other gods.

So people of Judah from kings, priest and people all like drunkenness live in this land. God will smash them one against the other, and without pity or mercy or compassion the destroy them. This is very harsh destruction to them.

How?

Bear in mind the Lord is righteousness, until now the end of the world has no come it is the mercy of the Lord who give time and opportunity for us to repent and turn to the Lord.