Jeremiah 13:20

Jeremiah 13:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
• New International Version (NIV)Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lift up your eyes and see Those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, Your beautiful sheep?

Context of Jeremiah 13:20

18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory. 19The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive all of it; it is wholly carried away captive. Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21What wilt thou say, when he shall set thy friends over thee as head, seeing thou thyself hast instructed them against thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail? 22And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels suffer violence.

Jeremiah 13:20 word by word

שְׂא֤וּ עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ וּרְא֔וּ הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצָּפ֑וֹן אַיֵּ֗ה הָעֵ֙דֶר֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ צֹ֖אן תִּפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Liftנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
• upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• whereאַיֵּה'ayêh · where?H346
• flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• beautifulתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:20

• Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jeremiah 6:22Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
• 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.
• Habakkuk 1:6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation; which march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is taken captive.
• Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against 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 the LORD.
• Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
• Ezekiel 34:7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
• Zechariah 11:16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek those that be scattered, nor heal that that is broken; neither shall he feed that which is sound, but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and shall tear their hoofs in pieces.
• John 10:12He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:
• Acts 20:26Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? - Jerusalem is addressed. Where are the prosperous multitudes of men, women, and children? Alas! are they not driven before the Babylonians, who have taken them captive?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Jerusalem is asked where the cities, which once lay grouped round her, like a goodly flock of sheep, are gone? The question implies blame.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get clear of it by any power of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22King 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. from ... north--Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jr 1:14; 6:22). flock ... given thee--Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of plural and singular, Your eyes ... thee ... thy flock), and asks where is the population (Jr 13:17, "flock") which God had given her?Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:20

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Minister, Christian
• Sheep

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings