Jeremiah 13:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ The Lord told me to tell you
that your king and his mother^[a]
    must surrender their thrones
    and remove their crowns.^[b]
19 The cities in the Southern Desert
are surrounded;
    no one can get in or out.
Everyone in Judah
    will be taken away.
²⁰ Jerusalem, you were so proud
of ruling the people of Judah.
    But where are they now?

Look north, and you will see
    your enemies approaching.