18 Say unto the [a]King and to the Queen: Humble yourselves, sit down, for the crown of your glory shall come down from your heads.

19 The cities of [b]the South shall be shut up, and no man shall open them: all Judah shall be carried away captive: it shall be wholly carried away captive:

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the North: where is the [c]flock that was given thee, even thy beautiful flock?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:18 For Jehoiachin and his mother rendered themselves by Jeremiah’s counsel to the king of Babylon, 2 Kings 24:12.
  2. Jeremiah 13:19 That is, of Judah, which lieth Southward from Babylon.
  3. Jeremiah 13:20 He asketh the king, where his people is become.

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