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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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  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”

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.(A)
23 Can Cushites change their skin
    or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
    who are accustomed to do evil.(B)
24 I will scatter you[a] like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.(C)
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.(D)
26 I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will be seen.(E)
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?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.24 Gk mss: Heb them