Jeremiah 13:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 13:23

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

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KJV

King James Version

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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WEB

World English Bible

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 13

²¹ What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

²² And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

²³ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

²⁴ “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

²⁵ This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

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