Jeremiah 10:20

Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, nor place for my curtains.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

In Context

19Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.

21For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.

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Cross References

Job 7:8The eye of him that sees me shall not see me again: 1 Thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 1

Isaiah 49:20For thy sons whom thou hast lost shall say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.

Isaiah 51:18and there was none to comfort thee of all the children whom thou borest; and there was none to take hold of thy hand, not even of all the children whom thou hast reared.

Jeremiah 4:20for all the land is distressed: suddenly my tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder.

Jeremiah 31:15Moab is ruined, even his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

Lamentations 2:4He has bent his bow as an opposing enemy: 1 He has strengthened his right hand as an adversary, 1 And has destroyed all the desirable things of my eyes 1 In the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: 1 He has poured forth his anger as fire. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:18-25

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are… Read the whole commentary →

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