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The Impossibility of Self-Reform
Commentators agree that the images of an Ethiopian's skin and a leopard's spots illustrate a grim reality: Judah's sin was so deeply ingrained through long habit that it had become like a second nature. From a human perspective, it was morally impossible for them to reform themselves, highlighting the stubborn and deep-rooted nature of habitual sin.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 13:23
18th Century
Theologian
This verse answers the question: Cannot Judah avert this calamity by repentance? No, because her sins are too inveterate. By 'the Ethiopian' (Hebre…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 13:23
19th Century
Bishop
Can the Ethiopian ...? —Literally, the Cushite. The meaning of the question is obvious. The evil of Judah was too deep-in…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 13:23
16th Century
Theologian
God declares in this verse that the people were so hardened in their wickedness that there was no hope of their repentance. This is the sum of what…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 13:23
17th Century
Pastor
Can the Ethiopian change his skin ?
&c.] Or, "the Cushite"; either, as the Arabic version, the "Abyssine", the inhab…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 13:18–27
17th Century
Minister
Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…