Jeremiah 13:22-24

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²² You may ask,
    “Why are these things happening to me?”
It is because of your many terrible sins.
Like an adulteress, they have torn off your dress
    to make you ashamed.
²³ You have done evil things for a long time.
    So you cannot now start to do good things.
Can anyone change the colour of his skin?
    Can a leopard remove the marks on its body?
No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’