Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, Or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, Who have been accustomed to do evil.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24Therefore will I scatter you like stubble, Which passeth away before the wind of the desert.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.
Isaiah 1:5Where can ye be smitten again, Since ye renew your rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; They would receive no correction; Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things; Yea, it is corrupt; who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:23-27
Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 606.) 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. 23 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 ;… Read the whole commentary →