Jeremiah 13:23

The v. need not mean that Judah's sin was innate (see on Jeremiah 6:7), but that habits of evil preclude a return to righteousness.

the Ethiopian Through the Jews" intercourse with Egypt the Ethiopians were familiar to them. See Jeremiah 38:7. They were acquainted with the "merchandise of Ethiopia" (Isaiah 45:14), which consisted of gold, ebony, and elephants" tusks (Herod. III. 97, 114), and jewels (Job 28:19).

the leopard See ch. Jeremiah 5:6.