Jeremiah 13:22-25

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“If you ^(A)say in your heart,
‘^(B)Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the ^(C)magnitude of your iniquity
^(D)Your skirts have been removed
And your heels have ^(a)been exposed.

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“^(E)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can ^(F)do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.

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“Therefore I will ^(G)scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert ^(H)wind.

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“This is your ^(I)lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have ^(J)forgotten Me
And trusted in falsehood.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 13:22: ['Or ', suffered violence]

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 13:22: Deuteronomy 7:17

B. Jeremiah 13:22: Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 16:10

C. Jeremiah 13:22: Jeremiah 2:17-19; Jeremiah 9:2-9

D. Jeremiah 13:22: Isaiah 47:2; Ezekiel 16:37; Nahum 3:5

E. Jeremiah 13:23: Proverbs 27:22; Isaiah 1:5

F. Jeremiah 13:23: Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 9:5

G. Jeremiah 13:24: Leviticus 26:33; Jeremiah 9:16; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 5:12

H. Jeremiah 13:24: Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 18:17

I. Jeremiah 13:25: Job 20:29; Psalm 11:6; Matthew 24:51

J. Jeremiah 13:25: Psalm 9:17; Jeremiah 2:32; Jeremiah 3:21