Jeremiah 13:23 meaning and explanation

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 13:23, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah to Judah shortly before the Babylonian exile. The people have blamed their suffering on circumstance, so God answers with two pictures from nature: a Cushite cannot change his skin, and a leopard cannot remove its spots.

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