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Jeremiah 13:23 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Jeremiah 13:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 13 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. accustomed: Heb. taught”
Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 13:23
This verse uses powerful imagery for sin's fixedness: 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?' Two rhetorical questions expect negative answer: the Ethiopian (Cushite) cannot change his dark skin; the leopard cannot remove its spots. These are fixed, inherent characteristics. 'Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.' The Hebrew limudei hara (לִמֻּדֵי הָרַע) means 'taught/trained in evil'—habituated to wickedness. Sin has become as fixed as skin color, as inherent as leopard markings. Apart from divine transformation, Israel cannot change their establishe...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 13:23
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“and use much soap”
“and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.”
“it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye”
“like a destroying lion.”
“and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?”
“don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them”
“The bellows are burned”
“that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick”
“yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.”