Jeremiah 13:22–26

22 And when you ask yourself,

“Why have these things happened to me?”

it is because of your great guiltp

that your skirts have been stripped off,q

your body exposed.A

23 Can the Cushite change his skin,

or a leopard his spots?

If so, you might be able to do what is good,a

you who are instructed in evil.

24 I will scatter youB like drifting chaffb

before the desert wind.

25 This is your lot,

what I have decreed for you—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

because you have forgotten mec

and trusted in lies.d

26 I will pull your skirts up over your face

so that your shame might be seen.e