Jeremiah 13:18-27 - A Message For The King And The Queen Mother
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your greatness shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the south have been shut up, and none are opening; Judah has been exiled, all of it has been peacefully exiled. 20 Lift up your eyes and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say when he comes to punish you? For you have taught them to be rulers over you for a head. Do not pangs seize you, like a woman in travail? 22 And if you say in your heart, Why do these things come on me? It is because of the greatness of your iniquity; your skirts are bared, and your heels suffer violence. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Then you also may do good, who are accustomed to doing evil. 24 And I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is your lot, the share I have measured to you, says Jehovah, because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. 26 So I also have stripped off your skirts over your face, that your shame may appear. 27 I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you not be made clean? How long will it still be?