Jeremiah 13:20-22

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²⁰ Leaders of Jerusalem, look up!
    See the enemy that is coming from the north.
What has happened to your people?
You were proud of them
    and you should have taken care of them.
You are like shepherds who have lost their sheep.
²¹ The Lord will choose other people to rule over you.
They are people that you wanted to be your friends,
    but now they will have power over you.
So what will you say about that?
You will be afraid and in much pain,
    like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
²² You may ask,
    “Why are these things happening to me?”
It is because of your many terrible sins.
Like an adulteress, they have torn off your dress
    to make you ashamed.