Jeremiah 13:23 - Tree of Life Version Can the Ethiopian change his skin? Or the leopard his spots? So, could you do good, that are accustomed to doing evil? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you do good who are accustomed and taught [even trained] to do evil. American Standard Version (1901) Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Common English Bible Can a Cushite change his skin or a leopard its spots? Neither can you do good when doing evil comes so naturally. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the Ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard his spots: you may also do well when you have learned evil. |
Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
What is crooked cannot be made straight. What is missing cannot be counted.
Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?
Even though you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your iniquity is before Me.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai.
“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
“For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are senseless children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.”
Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
“You dwell in the midst of deceit. In deceit they refuse to know Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
When Saul was told, he sent other agents and they too prophesied. Then Saul sent a third group of messengers, and they too prophesied.