A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.
Jeremiah 13:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Look up and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.
Indeed, I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. They will come, and each king will set up his throne at the entrance to Jerusalem’s gates. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
Listen! A noise #– #it is coming – a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made desolate, a jackals’ den.
But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless because of the Lord’s burning anger.
This is what the Lord says: Look, an army is coming from a northern land; a great nation will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.
Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter, impetuous nation that marches across the earth’s open spaces to seize territories not its own.