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]”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:24 Or “wilderness”
- Jeremiah 13:25 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 13:27 Literally “Not you are clean after how long still”
Jeremiah 13:22-27
Christian Standard Bible
22 And when you ask yourself,
“Why have these things happened to me?”
it is because of your great guilt(A)
that your skirts have been stripped off,(B)
your body exposed.[a]
23 Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,(C)
you who are instructed in evil.
24 I will scatter you[b] like drifting chaff(D)
before the desert wind.
25 This is your lot,
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten me(E)
and trusted in lies.(F)
26 I will pull your skirts up over your face
so that your shame might be seen.(G)
27 Your adulteries and your lustful neighing,(H)
your depraved prostitution
on the hills, in the fields—
I have seen your abhorrent acts.
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
You are unclean—
for how long yet?(I)
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