Jeremiah 13:20

“Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, the sheep of your beauty?”

Jeremiah 13:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 13:20, word by word

Lift upשְׂאוּseu

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “seu” appears
your eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
and seeרְאוּreu

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “reu” appears
those who comeבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon

north

North.

Where else “tsafon” appears
is the flockעֵדֶרeder

herd, flock

Herd, flock, drove.

Where else “eder” appears
that was given to youנִתַּןnitan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “nitan” appears
the sheepצֹאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears
of your beautyתִּפְאַרְתֵּtifarte

beauty

Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.

Where else “tifarte” appears

The context

19The cities of the Negev are shut, and there is no one to open; Judah has been taken into exile, all of it, taken into exile completely.

20 · This verse (above)

21What will you say when he sets over you —and you taught them against you— friends as head? Will not pangs seize you like a woman giving birth?

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