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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 uncovered
And your heels have suffered violence.
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 chaff passing away
Into the wilderness (H)wind.
25 This is your (I)lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares Yahweh,
“Because you have (J)forgotten Me
And trusted in lies.
26 So I Myself have also (K)stripped your skirts off over your face,
That your disgrace may be seen.
27 As for your (L)adulteries and your lustful neighings,
The (M)lewdness of your prostitution
On the (N)hills in the field,
I have seen your detestable things.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
(O)How long will you not cleanse yourself?”

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:24 Or “wilderness”
  2. Jeremiah 13:25 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 13:27 Literally “Not you are clean after how long still”