Jeremiah 13:18-27 - A Message For The King And The Queen Mother
18 Tell the king and the rulers, "Humble yourselves, set you down low, for the crown of your glory shall fall from your head." 19 The cities toward the south shall be shut up, and no man shall open them. All Judah shall be carried away captive, so that none shall remain. 20 "Lift up your eyes, and behold them, that come from the North: Like a fat flock shall they fall upon thee.
21 To whom will thou make thy moan, when they come upon thee? For thou hast taught them thyself, and made them masters over thee. Shall not sorrow come upon thee, as on a woman travailing with child? 22 And if thou wouldest say then in thine heart, 'Wherefore come these things upon me?' Even for the multitude of thy blasphemies, shall thy hinder parts and thy feet be uncovered. 23 For like as the man of Ethiopia may change his skin, and the cat of the mountains her spots: so may ye that be exercised in evil, do good. 24 Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind. 25 This shall be your portion, and the portion of your measure, wherewith ye shall be rewarded of me, sayeth the LORD: because ye have forgotten me, and put your trust in deceitful things. 26 Therefore shall I turn thy clothes over thy head, and uncover thy thighs, that thy privates may be seen: 27 thy adultery, thy deadly malice, thy beastliness, and thy shameful whoredom. For upon the fields and hills I have seen thy abominations. Woe be unto thee, O Jerusalem. When wilt thou ever be cleansed any more?"