Jeremiah 13:15-20 - The Lord's Warning

¹⁵ Be obedient, give ear, take no disdain at it, for it is the LORD himself that speaketh! ¹⁶ Honour the LORD your God herein, or he take his light from you, and before your feet stumble in darkness at the hill: lest when ye look for the light, he turn it into the shadow and darkness of death. ¹⁷ But if ye will not hear me, that give you secret warning, I will mourn from my whole heart for your stubbornness. Piteously will I weep, and the tears shall gush out of mine eyes. For the LORD's flock shall be carried away captive.

¹⁸ Tell the king and the rulers, "Humble yourselves, set you down low, for the crown of your glory shall fall from your head." ¹⁹ The cities toward the south shall be shut up, and no man shall open them. All Judah shall be carried away captive, so that none shall remain. ²⁰ "Lift up your eyes, and behold them, that come from the North: Like a fat flock shall they fall upon thee.