20 “Raise your eyes and see
Those coming (A)from the north.
Where is the (B)flock that was given you,
Your beautiful sheep?
21 What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Former (C)companions to be head over you?
Will (D)sharp pains not take hold of you
Like a woman in childbirth?

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20 Lift up your eyes
    and see who is approaching from the north.
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
    your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say when he appoints someone as head over you:
    your defenders, your trusted allies?[a]
Won’t pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:21 Heb uncertain