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Jeremiah 13:20 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 13 · verse 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 context
18Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
19The 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.
20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21What 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?
22And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beautifultiphʼârâhornamentH8597 →
- beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- northtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- flockʻêderan arrangementH5739 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a figure, to make it the more taken notice of and the more affecting (Jer 13:12): Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, every bottle shall be filled with wine;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21