22 “If you (A)say in your heart,
(B)Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the (C)magnitude of your iniquity
(D)Your skirts have been removed
And your heels have [a]been exposed.
23 (E)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can (F)do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 “Therefore I will (G)scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert (H)wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:22 Or suffered violence