Jeremiah 13:22-24

Contemporary English Version

²² Do you know why
your clothes were torn off
    and you were abused?
It was because
    of your terrible sins.
²³ Can you ever change
    and do what's right?
Can people change the color
    of their skin,
or can a leopard
    remove its spots?
If so, then maybe you can change
    and learn to do right.

²⁴ I will scatter you,
    just as the desert wind
blows husks from grain
    tossed in the air.