Jeremiah 13:15-20 - The Lord's Warning
15 Listen, and pay attention, you must not be haughty, for Yahweh has spoken. 16 Give glory to Yahweh your God {before} he brings darkness, and {before} your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. And you will hope for light, but he makes it as gloom, he makes [it] as thick darkness. 17 But if you will not listen to it, my inner self will weep in secret places, because of {the presence of} [your] pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt [in] tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
18 "Say to the king and to the queen mother, '{Take a lower seat}, for {your beautiful crown} has come down from your head.' 19 The towns of the Negev are shut up, and there is no [one who] opens [them]. All of Judah is deported; it is deported [in] completeness. 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from [the] north. Where [is] the flock that was given to you, {your magnificent flock}?