Jer 13:19-20 | MHM | STEP | v. 19-21 : Jeremiah predicts the ruin that awaits if they persist in pride. The cities of the south shall be shut up , and Judah will be taken captive (Jeremiah 13:19-20 ). The enemy is near, coming from the north, the land of the Chaldeans (Jeremiah 13:20 ). The prophet asks the leaders, Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? They failed to protect the people. They trusted foreign powers instead of God, teaching those powers to become their masters. Now sorrow will come upon them like a woman in labor, intense and overwhelming (Jeremiah 13:21 ). There will be no joy or relief, only pain and loss.

‏ Jeremiah 13:19-20

v. 19-21: Jeremiah predicts the ruin that awaits if they persist in pride. The cities of the south shall be shut up, and Judah will be taken captive (Jeremiah 13:19-20 ^a). The enemy is near, coming from the north, the land of the Chaldeans (Jeremiah 13:20 ^b). The prophet asks the leaders, Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? They failed to protect the people. They trusted foreign powers instead of God, teaching those powers to become their masters. Now sorrow will come upon them like a woman in labor, intense and overwhelming (Jeremiah 13:21 ^c). There will be no joy or relief, only pain and loss.

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