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Jeremiah 13:18-27

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18Say to the king and the queen mother,

“Take a lowly seat,

For your beautiful crown

Has come down from your head.”

19The cities of the Negev have been locked up,

And there is no one to open them;

All Judah has been taken into exile,

Wholly taken into exile.

20“Raise your eyes and see

Those coming from the north.

Where is the flock that was given you,

Your beautiful sheep?

21“What will you say when He appoints over you—

And you yourself had taught them—

Former companions to be head over you?

Will sharp pains not take hold of you

Like a woman in childbirth?

22“If you say in your heart,

‘Why have these things happened to me?’

Because of the magnitude of your wrongdoing

Your skirts have been removed

And your heels have suffered violence.

23“Can the Ethiopian change his skin,

Or the leopard his spots?

Then you as well can do good

Who are accustomed to doing evil.

24“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw

To the desert wind.

25“This is your lot, the portion measured to you

From Me,” declares the Lord,

“Because you have forgotten Me

And trusted in falsehood.

26“So I Myself have stripped your skirts off over your face,

So that your shame will be seen.

27“As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings,

The outrageous sin of your prostitution

On the hills in the field,

I have seen your abominations.

Woe to you, Jerusalem!

How long will you remain unclean?”