en_tn/jer/13/20.md

Yahweh is talking to the people of Jerusalem.

Lift up your eyes

"understand what will be happening to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you?

"All the people have been taken away." rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

What will you say when God places over you those whom you had taught to be your friends?

AT: "The people you thought were your friends will conquer you and rule over you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth?

Yahweh is telling them that their capture is just the beginning of the pain they will go through. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)