Jeremiah 13:21-23

New International Version - UK

²¹ What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labour?
²² And if you ask yourself,
    ‘Why has this happened to me?’–
it is because of your many sins
    that your skirts have been torn off
    and your body ill-treated.
²³ Can an Ethiopian^[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.