Jeremiah 13:20-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁰ Lift up your eyes and see
    those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
    your beautiful flock?^(A)
21 What will you say when they set as head over you
    those whom you have trained
    to be your allies?
Will not pangs seize you
    like those of a woman in labor?^(B)
22 And if you say in your heart,
    “Why have these things come upon me?”
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
    that your skirts are lifted up
    and you are violated.^(C)
23 Can Cushites change their skin
    or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
    who are accustomed to do evil.^(D)
24 I will scatter you^[a] like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.^(E)
25 This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord,
because you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.^(F)
26 I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will be seen.^(G)
27 I have seen your abominations,
    your adulteries and neighings, your shameless prostitutions
    on the hills of the countryside.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
    How long will it be
    before you are made clean?^(H)