Jeremiah 13:20

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Summary

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

And

Where

Acts 20:26

General references

Isaiah 66:21

Bible References

And

Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!-- a great commotion out of the north country to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize dwellings not their own.

Where

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.

"Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you,

General references

And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.