Jeremiah 13:20

Look up and you'll see the invaders coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you to look after? Where are the sheep you were so proud of?

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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 towns in the Negev are surrounded; no one can get through to them. The whole of Judah has been taken away into exile, everyone has been exiled.

21What are you going to say when he puts your enemies in charge of you, people you once counted as your friends? Won't you suffer pains like a woman in labor?

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:28The glory of a king is the number of his subjects, for a ruler is nothing without them.

Jeremiah 1:14Then the Lord told me, “Trouble brewing from the north will sweep out over everyone living in the country.

Jeremiah 10:22Listen to the news that a noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah will be knocked down, they will be places where only jackals live.

Jeremiah 23:2This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who were meant to look after my people: You have scattered my flock. You have chased them away. You didn't take care of them, so now I will take care of you for all the evil you've done, declares the Lord.

Habakkuk 1:6Watch! I am raising up the Babylonians, a cruel and brutal people who will march across the world to seize other lands.

John 10:12The man paid to look after the sheep is not the shepherd and he runs away when he sees the wolf coming. He abandons the sheep because they're not his, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock

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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