Jeremiah 13:23

Can... ? Figure of speech Erotesis and Paroemia..

accustomed. schooled, or trained.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse answers the question, May not Judah avert this calamity by repentance? No: because her sins are too inveterate. By the Ethiopian (Hebrew...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem's Shame. This prophecy, as perhaps others in this chapter, would suit the position of affairs under Jehoiakim, after Carchemish (605). Je...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God declares in this verse, that the people were so hardened in their wickedness, that there was no hope of their repentance. This is the sum o...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Can the Ethiopian change his...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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They are incapable of repentance.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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I interrupt not the reading of those verses, because they are connected. They contain the solemn expostulation of the Lord, in the view of their sins...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Ver. 23. Can the Ethiopia...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Can the Ethiopian change his skin , &c. The word Cushi , here rendered Ethiopian , often signifies Arabian , in the Scriptures; Ethiopia bein...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. B. C. 606....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the Hebrew it is, Can the Cushite, & c.? from whence it is well concluded, as learned men judge, that the Ethiopians are of the posterity of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Exhortation with Regard to the Impending Destruction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:5 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Jeremiah 2:22 ; Jeremiah 2:30 ; Jeremiah 5:3 ; Jeremiah 6:29 ; Jeremiah 6:30 ; Jeremiah 9:5 ; Matthew 19:24-28...

²³ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomede to do evil.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 13:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 13:23