Jeremiah 13:23

A Message For The King And The Queen Mother

²² “If you say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the magnitude of your iniquity
Your skirts have been removed
And your heels have been exposed.
²³ “Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
²⁴ “Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert wind.

Can the Ethiopian Change His Skin

Do Good

What is Good

Ethiopia

Proverbs 27:22

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Isaiah 1:5

Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.

Jeremiah 2:22

“Although you wash yourself with lye
And use much soap,
The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord God.

Jeremiah 9:5

“Everyone deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves committing iniquity.

Matthew 19:24-28

Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I have struck your sons;
They accepted no chastening.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

Jeremiah 6:29-30

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?