Jeremiah 6:3
“Shepherds” and their “flocks” will come to attack her; they will set up their tents all around her, each one looking after his own.
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In Context
2Even though she is pretty and delightful, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:10At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon attacked Jerusalem and besieged it.
Jeremiah 4:16“Let the nations know! Look what's happening! Announce this to Jerusalem: An army is coming to besiege you from a distant country; shouting war cries against the towns of Judah.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have come and destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down the crops in my field. They have turned my pleasant land into an empty wasteland.
Nahum 3:18King of Assyria, your shepherds are asleep, your princes are slumbering. Your people are scattered across the mountains and no one can gather them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:2-9
Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. 4… Read the whole commentary →