Jeremiah 13:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ What will you say when ·they [or God] appoint as your ·heads [rulers]
    those you had thought were your ·friends [allies]?
Won’t ·you have much pain and trouble [^Lpain seize you],
    like a woman giving birth to a baby [4:31; 6:24; 22:23; 30:6; 48:41; 49:22, 24; 50:43]?
²² You might ·ask yourself [^Lsay in your heart],
    “Why has this happened to me?”
It happened because of your many ·sins [iniquities].
    Because of your ·sins [iniquities], your skirt was torn off
    and your ·body [^Lheel; ^Ceuphemism for genitals] has been ·treated badly [violated].
²³ Can a person from ·Cush [Ethiopia] change ·his skin [^Lits color]?
    Can a leopard change his spots?
In the same way, you [^CJerusalem] cannot change and do good,
    because you are accustomed to doing evil.