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Jeremiah 13

Jer. 13:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Can the Ethiopian
Kuwshiy (Hebrew #3569)
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
KJV usage: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Pronounce: koo-shee'
Origin: patronymically from 3568
change
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
his skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
, or the leopard
namer (Hebrew #5246)
and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes)
KJV usage: leopard.
Pronounce: naw-mare'
Origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp 5247 and 5249)
his spots
chabarburah (Hebrew #2272)
a streak (like a line), as on the tiger
KJV usage: spot.
Pronounce: khab-ar-boo-raw'
Origin: by reduplication from 2266
? then may
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
ye also do good
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
, that are πaccustomed
limmuwd (Hebrew #3928)
from 3925; instructed
KJV usage: accustomed, disciple, learned, taught, used.
Pronounce: lim-mood'
Origin: or limmud {lim-mood'}
to do evil
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
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taught,
Prov. 19:27• 27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [causing] to err{HR}From the words of knowledge. (Prov. 19:27)
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Cross References

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Ethiopian.
Jer. 2:22,30• 22{i}For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i}
 30{i}In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.{/i} (Jer. 2:22,30)
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Jer. 5:3• 3{i}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.{/i} (Jer. 5:3)
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Jer. 6:29‑30• 29{i}The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.{/i}
 30{i}Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.{/i} (Jer. 6:29‑30)
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Jer. 17:9• 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)
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Prov. 27:22• 22{i}If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,{HR}Yet will not his folly depart from him.{/i} (Prov. 27:22)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why be smitten any more? Ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Matt. 19:24‑28• 24{i}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.{/i}
 25{i}And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?{/i}
 26{i}But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.{/i}
 27{i}Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to us?{/i}
 28{i}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.{/i} (Matt. 19:24‑28)
accustomed.
Heb. taught.
Jer. 9:5• 5{i}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.{/i} (Jer. 9:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Can an Ethiopianc change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Cushite."

W. Kelly Translation

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Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)