Jeremiah 13:22-25

22You may ask, “Why are these things happening to me?” It is because of your many terrible sins. Like an adulteress, they have torn off your dress to make you ashamed.

23You have done evil things for a long time. So you cannot now start to do good things. Can anyone change the colour of his skin? Can a leopard remove the marks on its body? No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’

24The Lord says, ‘I will blow you away, as a hot desert wind blows away straw.

25That is how I have decided to punish you. It is what you deserve because you have forgotten me. You have trusted in false gods.