“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
The judgment on the people: 'So I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind. This is your lot, the portion I have decreed for you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods."' This verse indicates that the people will be 'scattered like chaff driven by the desert wind' (dispersed by the winds of judgment). The phrase 'This is your lot, the portion I have decreed for you' indicates the inevitability of this outcome. The reason—'because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods'—connects the punishment to the sin. Theologically, this verse indicates that exile (scattering) is the consequence of apostasy.
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