Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	שְׂא֤וּ se.'i	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
eyes	עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ 'ei.nei.Khem	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
behold	וּרְא֔וּ u.re.'i	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
come	הַבָּאִ֖ים ha.ba.'Im	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
north	מִצָּפ֑וֹן mi.tza.Fon	H6828	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
flock	הָעֵ֙דֶר֙ ha.'E.der	H5739	an arrangement · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
given	נִתַּן ni.tan-	H5414	to give · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
beautiful	תִּפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ tif.'ar.Tekh	H8597	ornament (abstractly or concretely · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
flock	צֹ֖אן tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and h…
Habakkuk 1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingp…
Jeremiah 10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of d…
Jeremiah 13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, becau…
Acts 20:26-29 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Isaiah 56:9-12 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:12-21

Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a figure, to make it the more taken notice of and the more affecting (Jer 13:12): Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, every bottle shall be filled with wine; that is, those that by their sins have made themselves vessels of wrath fitted to destruction shall be filled with the wrath of God as a bottle is with wine; and, as every vessel of mercy prepared for glory shall be filled with mercy and glory, so they shall be full of the fury of the Lord (Isa 51:20); and they shall be brittle as bottles; and, like old bottles into which new wine is put, they shall burst and be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:20

from . . . north--Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jer 1:14; Jer 6:22). flock . . . given thee--Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of plural and singular, Your eyes . . . thee . . . thy flock), and asks where is the population (Jer 13:17, "flock") which God had given her?

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north,.... There are a Keri and a Cetib of the words "lift up" and "behold"; they are written in the singular number, and may be considered as directed to the king, as the words following are; and they are read in the plural number, the state and whole body of the people being called upon to observe the Chaldean army, which came from the north; and is represented as on the march, just at hand to invade, besiege, take, and carry them captive. The Septuagint version renders it, "lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem"; and the Arabic version, "O Israel: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?" that is, the people, as the Targu…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:20

The Church Fathers

(Verse 20, 21.) Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given to you, your splendid flock? What will you say when they visit you? You have taught them and trained them against you, and it will come upon your own head. The inhabitants of Jerusalem are commanded to lift up their eyes and see the Chaldeans coming from the north: the city itself is questioned and asked: Where is the flock that was given to you, your splendid flock? Where is your people, whom you received from God? Where is that great and illustrious multitude, that you believed the entire province was gathered in one place? What will you say when the Lord visits you with His rod, and hands you over to the enemies of Babylon, whom you, against yourself, either on your own head, or from the very beginning, taught to flee to their help and follow their idols; who, under the pretense of friendship with you, learned by what route they should come to you. Let the Church heed this, that she herself may teach her adversaries how they can capture her in spiritual captivity and tear her flock apart with the cruelty of beasts.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Sheep · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE

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Jeremiah 13:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:20

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:20

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 13:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:20

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:20

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 13:18-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 13:20-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 13:20