20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(A)
Where is the flock(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?(C)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?(D)

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20 “Look up and see those who are coming from the north.
    Where is the flock that was given to you—
        your beautiful sheep?
21 What will you say when the Lord[a]
    appoints over you as your head
        those whom you taught to be your allies?[b]
Pain will seize you like that seizing a woman
    about to give birth, will it not?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:21 Lit. he
  2. Jeremiah 13:21 I.e. the Babylonians