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Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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 →

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Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.Jeremiah 6:22This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.Jeremiah 10:22Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.Acts 20:26–29Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.Zechariah 11:16–17For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.Isaiah 56:9–12Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.Ezekiel 16:13So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.Ezekiel 34:7–10Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:John 10:12–13The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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