Jeremiah 13 · Verse 20

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
Jeremiah 13:20, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:20 in other translations

BSBLift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
WEBLift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
ASVLift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
YLTLift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where is the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?
DARBYLift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
BBELet 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?
WebsterLift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

What does Jeremiah 13:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. from ... north--Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jr 1:14; 6:22). flock ... given thee--Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of plural and singular, Your eyes ... thee ... thy flock), and asks where is the population (Jr 13:17, "flock") which God had given her?

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? - Jerusalem is addressed. Where are the prosperous multitudes of men, women, and children? Alas! are they not driven before the Babylonians, who have taken them captive?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:18-27

Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get…

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Jeremiah 13:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׂא֤וּse.'ilift upH5375
עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙'ei.nei.Khemeyes yourH5869
וּרְא֔וּu.re.'iand seeH7200
הַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'Imthose [who] are comingH935
מִצָּפ֑וֹןmi.tza.Fonfrom [the] northH6828
אַיֵּ֗ה'ai.Yehwhere?H346
הָעֵ֙דֶר֙ha.'E.der[is] the flockH5739
נִתַּן\־ni.tan-[which] it was givenH5414
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
צֹ֖אןtzon[the] sheep ofH6629
תִּפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ\׃tif.'ar.Tekhbeauty yourH8597

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 13:20

  • Jeremiah 6:22

    Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 1:14

    Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

  • Habakkuk 1:6

    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

  • Jeremiah 23:2

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 10:22

    Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

  • Jeremiah 13:17

    But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

  • Acts 20:26-29

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

  • Zechariah 11:16-17

    For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

  • Isaiah 56:9-12

    All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

  • Ezekiel 34:7-10

    Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

  • John 10:12-13

    But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

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and.
1:14; 6:22; 10:22; Hab 1:6
where.
17; 23:2; Isa 56:9-12; Eze 34:7-10; Zec 11:16,17; Joh 10:12,13
Ac 20:26-29

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:19

    The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

  • Jeremiah 13:20

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

  • Jeremiah 13:21

    What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

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Jeremiah 13:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Alzad vuestros ojos, y ved los que vienen del aquilón: ¿dónde está el rebaño que te fué dado, la grey de tu gloria?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Levez vos yeux, et voyez ceux qui viennent du nord. Où est le troupeau qui t’a été donné, le troupeau de ta gloire?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hebet eure Augen auf und sehet die von Norden Kommenden! Wo ist die Herde, die dir gegeben war, deine herrliche Herde?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Levate oculos vestros et videte, qui venitis ab aquilone: ubi est grex qui datus est tibi, pecus inclytum tuum?