Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 13:23
A church father on this verse
“For as the prophet speaks," If the Ethiopian changes his skin, or the leopard his spots," then will they be willing to think religiously who have been instructed in irreligion. You, however, beloved, on receiving this, read it by yourself. If you approve of it, read it also to the brethren who happen to be present, th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall ye be able to do good, having learned evil.
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21What wilt thou say when they shall visit thee, for thou didst teach them lessons for rule against thyself; shall not pangs seize thee as a woman in travail?
22And if thou shouldest say in thy heart, Wherefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of thine iniquity have thy skirts been discovered, that thy heels might be exposed.
— Jeremiah 13:23 —
24So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.
25Thus is thy lot, and the reward of your disobedience to me, saith the Lord; as thou didst forget me, and trust in lies,