Jeremiah 13:21-23

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²¹ The Lord will choose other people to rule over you.
They are people that you wanted to be your friends,
    but now they will have power over you.
So what will you say about that?
You will be afraid and in much pain,
    like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
²² You may ask,
    “Why are these things happening to me?”
It is because of your many terrible sins.
Like an adulteress, they have torn off your dress
    to make you ashamed.
²³ You have done evil things for a long time.
    So you cannot now start to do good things.
Can anyone change the colour of his skin?
    Can a leopard remove the marks on its body?
No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’