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21 [a]What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail? 22 And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the [b]greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are [c]accustomed to do evil.

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  1. Jeremiah 13:21 Or, What wilt thou say, when he shall visit thee, seeing thou thyself hast instructed them against thee, even they friends to be head over thee?
  2. Jeremiah 13:22 Or, multitude
  3. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew taught.