Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you your beautiful sheep?
New American Standard Bible
Those coming
Where is the
Your beautiful sheep?
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?
Holman Bible
those coming from the north.
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
the sheep that were your pride?
A Conservative Version
Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
American Standard Version
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
Amplified
“Lift up your eyes and see
Those coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you [to shepherd],
Your beautiful flock?
Bible in Basic English
Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?
Darby Translation
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
Julia Smith Translation
Lift up your eyes and see them coming from the north: where the flock given to thee, the sheep of thy glory?
King James 2000
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Lift up your eyes and see those coming from [the] north. Where [is] the flock that was given to you, {your magnificent flock}?
Modern King James verseion
Lift up your eyes and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Lift up your eyes, and behold them, that come from the North: Like a fat flock shall they fall upon thee.
NET Bible
Then I said, "Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the 'sheep' that you take such pride in?
New Heart English Bible
"Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
The Emphasized Bible
Lift up your eyes and see Them who are coming in from the North, - Where is The flock that was given thee, Thy beautiful flock?
Webster
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
World English Bible
Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
Youngs Literal Translation
Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where is the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?
Themes
Interlinear
Nasa'
`ayin
Ra'ah
Tsaphown
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 13:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message For The King And The Queen Mother
19 The towns in the Negev will be closed up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be taken into exile and be completely exiled. 20 "Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you your beautiful sheep? 21 What will you say when the LORD appoints over you as your head those whom you taught to be your allies? Pain will seize you like that seizing a woman about to give birth, will it not?
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:22
This is what the LORD says: "Look, people are coming from a northern country. A great nation is stirring from the ends of the earth.
Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Israel says about the shepherds who are shepherding my people, "You have scattered my flock and driven them away. You haven't taken care of them, and now I'm about to take care of you because of your evil deeds," declares the LORD.
Habakkuk 1:6
Watch out! For I am bringing in the Chaldeans, that cruel and impetuous people, who sweep across the earth dispossessing people from homes not their own.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land,
Jeremiah 13:17
If you don't listen, I'll cry secretly because of your pride. My eyes will cry bitterly, flowing tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.
Isaiah 56:9-12
"All you wild animals, come and devour even all of you wild animals.
Jeremiah 10:22
The sound of a report, it's coming now! There is a great commotion from a land in the north to make the towns of Judah desolate, a refuge for jackals."
Ezekiel 34:7-10
"Therefore listen to what the LORD says, you shepherds:
Zechariah 11:16-17
for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."
John 10:12-13
The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,
Acts 20:26-29
I therefore declare to you today that I'm not responsible for the blood of any of you,