Jeremiah 13:20
Good News Translation
Jerusalem, look! Your enemies are coming down from the north! Where are the people entrusted to your care, your people you were so proud of?

New Revised Standard Version
Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?

Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem, you were so proud of ruling the people of Judah. But where are they now? Look north, and you will see your enemies approaching.

New American Bible
Lift up your eyes and see those coming in from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, your splendid sheep?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?

and.

Jeremiah 1:14 And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 6:22 Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 10:22 Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the cities of Juda a desert, and a dwelling for dragons.

Habakkuk 1:6 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own.

where.

Jeremiah 13:17 But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 56:9-12 All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest. . . .

Ezekiel 34:7-10 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: . . .

Zechariah 11:16,17 For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs. . . .

John 10:12,13 But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep, . . .

Acts 20:26-29 Wherefore I take you to witness this day that I am clear from the blood of all men. . . .

Context
Captivity Threatened
19The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity. 20Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?21What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? for thou hast taught them against thee, and instructed them against thy own head: shall not sorrows lay hold on thee, as a woman in labour?…
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:15
For behold I will call together all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord: and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all the walls thereof round about, and upon all the cities of Juda.

Jeremiah 6:22
Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:37
And the fields of peace have been silent because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own.

Jeremiah 13:19
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