Jeremiah 13:18-27

Jeremiah 13:18-27

[18] Say  unto the king  and to the queen,  Humble  yourselves, sit down:  for your principalities  shall come down,  even the crown  of your glory.  [19] The cities  of the south  shall be shut up,  and none shall open  them: Judah  shall be carried away captive  all of it, it shall be wholly  carried away captive.  [20] Lift up  your eyes,  and behold  them that come  from the north:  where is the flock  that was given  thee, thy beautiful  flock?  [21] What wilt thou say  when he shall punish  thee? for thou hast taught  them to be captains,  and as chief  over thee: shall not sorrows  take  thee, as a woman  in travail?  [22] And if thou say  in thine heart,  Wherefore come  these things upon me? For the greatness  of thine iniquity  are thy skirts  discovered,  and thy heels  made bare.  [23] Can the Ethiopian  change  his skin,  or the leopard  his spots?  then may  ye also do good,  that are accustomed  to do evil.  [24] Therefore will I scatter  them as the stubble  that passeth away  by the wind  of the wilderness.  [25] This is thy lot,  the portion  of thy measures  from me, saith  the LORD;  because thou hast forgotten  me, and trusted  in falsehood.  [26] Therefore will I discover  thy skirts  upon thy face,  that thy shame  may appear.  [27] I have seen  thine adulteries,  and thy neighings,  the lewdness  of thy whoredom,  and thine abominations  on the hills  in the fields.  Woe  unto thee, O Jerusalem!  wilt thou not be made clean?  when shall it once  be?