In the multitude of people is the king's glory: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Jeremiah 13:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lift up your eyes and behold those [the eruption of a hostile army] who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you [to shepherd], your beautiful flock? American Standard Version (1901) Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Common English Bible Lift up your eyes and see who is approaching from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, your beautiful flock? Catholic Public Domain Version Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lift up your eyes and see, you that come from the north. Where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle? |
In the multitude of people is the king's glory: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
The voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is taken captive.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation; which march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.