Jeremiah 13:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ Lift up your eyes and behold
    those who are coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep that were your pride?
²¹ What will you say when they appoint as your rulers
    those whom you chose as your allies?
Will not pangs seize you
    like those of a woman in labor?
²² And if you should ask yourself,
    “Why has all this happened to me?”
it is because of your many grievous sins
    that your skirts have been stripped away
    and you have been violated.