Jeremiah 13:20-27

New International Version

²⁰ Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.^(A)
Where is the flock^(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?
²¹ What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?^(C)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?^(D)
22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”^(E)—
it is because of your many sins^(F)
    that your skirts have been torn off^(G)
    and your body mistreated.^(H)
23 Can an Ethiopian^[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.^(I)

²⁴ “I will scatter you like chaff^(J)
    driven by the desert wind.^(K)
25 This is your lot,
    the portion^(L) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten^(M) me
    and trusted in false gods.^(N)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen^(O)—
²⁷ your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!^(P)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.^(Q)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”^(R)