Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Cushi (Ethiopian) change his ohr (skin), 1 or the namer (leopard) his spots? 1 Then may ye also do tov, 1 that are accustomed to do rah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24Therefore will I scatter them 1 as the chaff driven by the ruach of the midbar. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:21And when it was told Sha'ul, he sent other malachim, and they prophesied likewise. And Sha'ul sent malachim again shelishim (third ones) and they prophesied also.
Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest grind a fool 1 in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle, 1 yet will not his folly be removed from him. 1
Isaiah 1:5Why, seeing that ye will be stricken again, 1 will ye rebel stubbornly again? 1 The kol rosh is sick, 1 and the kol levav faint. 1
Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I struck your banim; 1 they received no musar; + 2:30 cf Isa 53:5 1 your own cherev hath devoured your nevi'im, 1 like a destroying lion. 1
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow, 1 the oferet (lead) is consumed by the eish; 1 the smelterʼs refining is in vain; 1 for the ra'im are not drawn off. 1
Jeremiah 17:9The lev (heart, mind) akov (is deceitful) above all things, 1 and anush (incurable); + 17:9 in wickedness who can know it? 1
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 →