In Context

17 And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

18 Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low — sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

19 The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed — all of her, She hath been removed completely —

20 Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where is the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

21 What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou — thou hast taught them to be over thee — leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

22 And when thou dost say in thy heart, 'Wherefore have these met me?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

Jeremiah 13:20 in Other Translations