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20 Lift up your eyes,
    and see those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
    your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say, when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you?
    Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?

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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