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Jeremiah 13:21-23
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 13:21-23
New American Standard Bible
21 What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Former (A)companions to be head over you?
Will (B)sharp pains not take hold of you
Like a woman in childbirth?
22 If you (C)say in your heart,
‘(D)Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the (E)magnitude of your wrongdoing
(F)Your skirts have been removed
And your [a]heels have suffered violence.
23 (G)Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you as well can (H)do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:22 I.e., a euphemism for private parts
Jeremiah 13:21-23
New International Version
Jeremiah 13:21-23
New International Version
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
those you cultivated as your special allies?(A)
Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor?(B)
22 And if you ask yourself,
“Why has this happened to me?”(C)—
it is because of your many sins(D)
that your skirts have been torn off(E)
and your body mistreated.(F)
23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.(G)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)
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