Catholic Public Domain Version
"Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle? "
— Jeremiah 13:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?”
“Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? ”
“Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?”
“Then I said,“Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?”
“Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?”
“Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?”
“Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?”
But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
“Say to the king and to the female ruler: Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory has gone down from your head.
The cities of the south have been closed, and there is no one who may open them. All of Judah has been taken away into complete captivity.
Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle?
What will you say when he visits upon you? For you have taught them against you, and you have instructed them with your own head. Will not pains take hold of you, as with a woman in labor?
But if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ it is because of the greatness of your iniquity that your shame has been uncovered and the soles of your feet have been defiled.
If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.