Jeremiah 13:22-24

New Catholic Bible

²² And if you should ask yourself,
    “Why has all this happened to me?”
it is because of your many grievous sins
    that your skirts have been stripped away
    and you have been violated.
²³ Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin
    or a leopard change its spots?
Neither are you able to do good
    when you are schooled in evil.
²⁴ I will scatter you like chaff
    that is driven by the desert wind.