Parallel Verses
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 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?
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?
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.
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 gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.'" 20 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? 21 What will you say when the Lord appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:22
"This is what the Lord says: 'Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 23:2
So the Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: "You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Habakkuk 1:6
Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile."
Isaiah 56:9-12
All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
Jeremiah 10:22
Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.
Ezekiel 34:7-10
"'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
Zechariah 11:16-17
Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
John 10:12-13
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Acts 20:26-29
Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.