Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may all of you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:21And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
Proverbs 27:22Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Isaiah 1:5Why should all of you be stricken any more? all of you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: 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 →