²³ Can a person from ·Cush [Ethiopia] change ·his skin [^Lits color]?
    Can a leopard change his spots?
In the same way, you [^CJerusalem] cannot change and do good,
    because you are accustomed to doing evil.

³ With both hands they are doing evil.
    Rulers ask for ·money [gifts],
    and judges’ decisions are bought for a ·price [bribe].
·Rich [Influential; Great] people ·tell what they want [make demands],
    and they get it.