Jeremiah 13:20

Translations

Modern

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

Traditional

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Literal

Lift up your eyes, and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock He gave to you, your beautiful flock?

Latin

Levate oculos vestros et videte, qui venitis ab aquilone: ubi est grex qui datus est tibi, pecus inclytum tuum?

Original

Hebrew

English

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

Notes

Jeremiah 13:20–22

King Jehoiachin did not care about the well-being of his people, the beautiful flock of Judah. Because of the king's many sins, Judah suffered abuse from its supposed allies.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 6:22
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
Jeremiah 10:22
Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
Acts 20:26–29
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Isaiah 56:9–12
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Zechariah 11:16–17
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
John 10:12–13
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
Ezekiel 34:7–10
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Sheep: Figurative

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