20 “Lift up your eyes and see
Those coming (A)from the north.
Where is the (B)flock that was given you,
Your beautiful sheep?
21 “What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Former [a](C)companions to be head over you?
Will not (D)pangs take hold of you
Like a woman in childbirth?
22 “If you (E)say in your heart,
(F)Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the (G)magnitude of your iniquity
(H)Your skirts have been removed
And your heels have [b]been exposed.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:21 Or chieftains
  2. Jeremiah 13:22 Or suffered violence