23. Can a Nubian change the colour of his skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.
24. The Lord will scatter you like straw that is blown away by the desert wind.
25. He has said that this will be your fate. This is what he has decided to do with you, because you have forgotten him and have trusted in false gods.
26. The Lord himself will strip off your clothes and expose you to shame.
27. He has seen you do the things he hates. He has seen you go after pagan gods on the hills and in the fields, like a man lusting after his neighbour's wife or like a stallion after a mare. People of Jerusalem, you are doomed! When will you ever be pure?