Jeremiah 13:20

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open [them]; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive.

21What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee, since thou thyself hast trained them to be princes in chief over thee? Shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.

Jeremiah 1:14And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 10:22The voice of a rumour! Behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

John 10:12but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:13-22

The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the… Read the whole commentary →

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