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20 Lift up your eyes
    and see those coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
    your magnificent flock?[a]
21 What will you say when he sets over you—
    and you have taught them—allies as head over you?
Will not labor pains take hold of you,
    like a woman giving birth?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:20 Literally “the flock of your splendor”

20 Look up and see
those coming from the north.(A)
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
the sheep that were your pride?

The Destiny of Jerusalem

21 What will you say when He appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,(B)
as they do a woman in labor?

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