Jeremiah 13:23

Sin Repentance

²¹ What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

²² And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

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

²⁴ Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

²⁵ This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
WEB: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
ASV: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
DARBY: Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
BLB: Can the Cushite change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Are you⁺ also able do good—[you] who are accustomed to doing evil.

ÅB: Kan en morian omskifte sin hud, eller en leopard sine flekker? - Da kan også dere gjøre godt, dere som er vant til å gjøre ondt.
OTB: Er det mulig for en etiopier å forandre sin hud eller en leopard sine flekker? På samme måte kan ikke dere som er vant til å gjøre ondt gjøre godt.
B1930: Kan en morian omskifte sin hud, eller en leopard sine flekker? - Da kan også I gjøre godt, I som er vant til å gjøre ondt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 2:22
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
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Jeremiah 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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Matthew 19:24–28
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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Jeremiah 6:29–30
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
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