23 Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.
and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God. And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to us? And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That *ye* who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, *ye* also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?
Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Commentary on Jeremiah 13 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 13
Still the prophet is attempting to awaken this secure and stubborn people to repentance, by the consideration of the judgments of God that were coming upon them. He is to tell them,
Jer 13:1-11
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Jer 13:12-21
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Jer 13:22-27
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