Isaiæ 13:20

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem ; nec ponet tibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Levate oculos vestros et videte,
qui venitis ab aquilone:
ubi est grex qui datus est tibi,
pecus inclytum tuum?

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Leva oculos tuos et vide venientes ab aquilone: Ubi est grex, qui datus est tibi, pecus inclitum tuum?

Bible Verse Review
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and: Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 6:22, Jeremiah 10:22, Habakkuk 1:6

where: Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 23:2, Isaiah 56:9-12, Ezekiel 34:7-10, Zechariah 11:16, Zechariah 11:17, John 10:12, John 10:13, Acts 20:26-29

Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:8 - folly Ezekiel 16:13 - and thou wast Acts 20:28 - all Acts 20:29 - not 1 Peter 5:2 - the flock

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north,.... There are a Keri and a Cetib of the words "lift up" and "behold"; they are written in the singular number, and may be considered as directed to the king, as the words following are; and they are read in the plural number, the state and whole body of the people being called upon to observe the Chaldean army, which came from the north; and is represented as on the march, just at hand to invade, besiege, take, and carry them captive. The Septuagint version renders it, "lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem"; and the Arabic version, "O Israel: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?" that is, the people, as the Targum interprets it, which were committed to the care and charge of the king, as sheep into the hands of a shepherd; and were a fine body of people, chosen of God and precious, distinguished above all others by wholesome and righteous laws and statutes, and special privileges; a people who were a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, the glory of the whole earth; but now carried, or about to be carried, captive. It is no unusual thing to represent a king as a shepherd, and his people as a flock, guided, governed, and protected by him, and who is accountable for his trust to the King of kings; see Psalms 78:71.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jerusalem is asked where the cities, which once lay grouped round her, like a goodly flock of sheep, are gone? The question implies blame.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 13:20. Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? — Jerusalem is addressed. Where are the prosperous multitudes of men, women, and children? Alas! are they not driven before the Babylonians, who have taken them captive?