²² When you say to yourselves,
    ‘Why have all these things happened to me?’
It’s because of the extent of your iniquity
    that your skirt has been lifted up,
        and your heels have suffered violence.^[a]
23 Can an Ethiopian change his skin,
    or a leopard his spots?
Then you who are trained to do evil
    will also be able to do good.
²⁴ I’ll scatter them like chaff
    blown away by a desert wind.
²⁵ “This is your fate,
    the portion I’ve measured out for you,”
        declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten me
    and have trusted in false gods.^[b]
26 I’ll also pull your skirt up over your face,
    so your shame will be seen,
²⁷ I’ve seen your detestable behavior:
    your adulteries, your passionate neighing,
        your lewd immorality on the hills in the field.
How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem!
    You are unclean. How much longer will this go on?”