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Jeremiah 12:10

8 My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

9 Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

11 They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

12 Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
KJV
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
WEB
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
ASV
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
DARBY
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
BLB
Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, they have trampled [down] My portion, they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
ÅB
Hyrder[^3] i mengde ødelegger min vingård, trår ned min arvelodd; de gjør min herlige arvelodd til en øde ørken.
OTB
Mange hyrder har ødelagt min vingård, de har trampet ned mitt jorde; de har gjort min behagelige mark til en øde ørken.
B1930
Hyrder i mengde ødelegger min vingård, trår ned min arvelodd; de gjør min herlige arvelodd til en øde ørken. / < JER 6, 3.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 23:1

    “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 5:1–7

    I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

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  • Isaiah 63:18

    For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

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  • Psalms 80:8–16

    You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

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  • Jeremiah 3:19

    Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

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  • Jeremiah 6:3

    Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

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  • Luke 20:9–16

    Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

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  • Jeremiah 39:3

    Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

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