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18 Say to the king and to the queen mother,
“Come down from your thrones,
because your crowns will fall from your heads.”[a]
19 The cities of the Negev are under siege,
and no one can get through to them.
All of Judah will be taken into exile.
They will be carried away completely.

20 Look up and see those who are coming from the north.
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
the sheep you were so proud of?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:18 The Greek and other versions support the reading fall from your heads. The meaning of the reading in the Hebrew text is uncertain.

18 Say to the king(A) and to the queen mother,(B)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(C)
    will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(D) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(E)
Where is the flock(F) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?

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