Jeremiah 13:22-27

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²²And 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)
²³Can Cushites change their skin
    or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
    who are accustomed to do evil.^(B)
²⁴I will scatter you^[a] like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.^(C)
²⁵This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord,
because you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.^(D)
²⁶I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will be seen.^(E)
²⁷I 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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13.24 Gk mss: Heb them

Jeremiah 13:22-27

English Standard Version

²²And if you say in your heart,
    ^(A)‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
    that ^(B)your skirts are lifted up
    and you suffer violence.
²³^(C)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
    or ^(D)the leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
    who are accustomed to do evil.
²⁴I will scatter you^[a] ^(E)like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.
²⁵^(F)This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,
because ^(G)you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.
²⁶^(H)I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
    and your shame will be seen.
²⁷I have seen ^(I)your abominations,
    your adulteries and ^(J)neighings, your lewd whorings,
    ^(K)on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
    How long will it be ^(L)before you are made clean?”