Catholic Public Domain Version
"If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil. "
— Jeremiah 13:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. ”
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.”
“But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?”
“If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also may do well, when you have learned evil.”
“Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.”
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle?
What will you say when he visits upon you? For you have taught them against you, and you have instructed them with your own head. Will not pains take hold of you, as with a woman in labor?
But if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ it is because of the greatness of your iniquity that your shame has been uncovered and the soles of your feet have been defiled.
If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.
And I will scatter them like chaff, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
This is your lot, and this is the portion of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me, and you have had confidence in what is false.
Therefore, I have even bared your thighs before your face, and your shame has been seen.