²² “My people are fools;^(A)
    they do not know me.^(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(D)
    they know not how to do good.”^(E)

²³ Can an Ethiopian^[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.^(A)

¹⁰ “They do not know how to do right,^(A)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses^(B)
    what they have plundered^(C) and looted.”