Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and look at the ones coming from the north. 1 Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you? 1

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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 in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive. 1

21What will you say when God sets over you those you had trained to be your special allies? 1 Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:28The glory of a king is found in the great number of his people, 1 but without people the prince is ruined. 1

Jeremiah 1:14Yahweh said to me, “Disaster will be opened up out of the north on all who live in this land.

Jeremiah 10:22The report of news has arrived, “See! It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north 1 To make the cities of Judah into ruins, hideouts for jackals.” 1

Jeremiah 23:2Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away. You have not cared for them. So I am about to punish you for the evil you have done—this is Yahweh's declaration.

Habakkuk 1:6For look! I am about to raise up the Chaldeans—that fierce and impetuous nation— 1 they are marching throughout the breadth of the land to seize homes that were not their own. 1

John 10:12The hired servant is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them.

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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