Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes, and behold 1 them that come from the tzafon (north). 1 Where is the eder (flock) that was given thee, 1 thy tzon tiferet? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Negev shall be shut up, 1 and none shall open them; 1 Yehudah shall be all carried away into the Golus, 1 it shall be wholly carried away into the Golus. 1

21What wilt thou say when He appoints over thy leaders 1 those whom thou thyself has taught, to be thy rosh? 1 Shall not chavalim (pangs) seize thee, 1 as a woman in travail? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:28In the multitude of people is the glory of a melech, 1 but in the lack of subjects is the ruin of the prince. 1

Jeremiah 1:14Then Hashem said unto me, From the north hara'ah (the evil, disaster) TIPATACH (SHALL BE POURED OUT) upon all the inhabitants of HaAretz.

Jeremiah 10:22Hinei, the noise! The report is come, 1 and a great commotion out of Eretz Tzafon, 1 to make the towns of Yehudah desolate, 1 and a haunt of jackals. 1

Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel against the ro'im that shepherd My people; Ye have scattered My tzon, and driven them away, and have not attended to them; hineni, I will attend to you for the rah of your doings, saith Hashem.

Habakkuk 1:6For, hineni, I raise up the Kasdim (Chaldeans), 1 that Goy bitter and impetuous, 1 which shall march far and wide over the earth, 1 to confiscate the mishkanot (dwelling places) that are not their own. 1

John 10:12The gedungener, the one who is not the Ro'eh — the hireling, the one to whom the tzon does not belong — this hireling sees the ze'ev (wolf) coming and abandons the tzon and runs for his life and the ze'ev seizes them and scatters them. + 10:12 Zech 11:16

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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