Jeremiah 13:22-27

Lexham English Bible

²² And if you say in your heart,
    ‘Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered;
    your heels have endured violence.
²³ Can a Cushite change his skin,
    or a leopard his spots?
Then you also will be able to do good,
    who are accustomed to doing evil.
²⁴ And I will scatter them
    like stubble scattered by the wind of the desert.^[a]
25 This is your lot,
    the portion of your measure from me,” declares^[b] Yahweh,
“because you have forgotten me,
    and you have trusted in the lie.
²⁶ So in turn I will bare your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will become visible.
²⁷ Your adulteries, and your neighings,
    the shameful behavior of your fornications
on the hills in the countryside,
    I have seen your abominations.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
    How long will you continue to be unclean?^[c]”