Jeremiah 13:23, Can a leopard change its spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.
//Can't say I ever paid much attention to this verse before. An Ethiopian (Hebrew: Cushite) is a black-skinned person, probably from the upper Nile region. As many times as I've heard the popular saying about a leopard changing its spots, I've never heard anyone mention the first half of this verse, about whether a black person can change the color of his or her skin skin.
Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.
OK, I don't really think the Bible is being racist, here. Elsewhere in the Bible, the Cushites are treated with respect; particularly, the lovely lady of Solomon's affection in Song of Solomon. Still, I hope the first part of the cliché never catches on.
//Can't say I ever paid much attention to this verse before. An Ethiopian (Hebrew: Cushite) is a black-skinned person, probably from the upper Nile region. As many times as I've heard the popular saying about a leopard changing its spots, I've never heard anyone mention the first half of this verse, about whether a black person can change the color of his or her skin skin.
Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.
OK, I don't really think the Bible is being racist, here. Elsewhere in the Bible, the Cushites are treated with respect; particularly, the lovely lady of Solomon's affection in Song of Solomon. Still, I hope the first part of the cliché never catches on.
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