Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds, have laid waste my vineyard, They have trampled down my portion,—They have turned my coveted portion into a desert of desolation:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

In Context

9Is it, a variegated bird of prey, that mine inheritance is to me? The birds of prey, are round about against her! Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field bring them to devour.

11It hath been made a desolation, It hath mourned unto me as desolate,—All the land hath become a desolation, For, no man, layeth it to heart.

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:14Yahweh, into judgment, will enter, With the elders of his people And their princes,—But ye, have consumed the vineyard, That which hath been robbed from the oppressed, is in your houses.

Isaiah 43:28So then I must needs profane the rulers of the holy place,—And deliver Jacob to be devoted to destruction, and Israel, unto reviling!

Jeremiah 3:19Though, I myself, had said,—How can I put thee among the sons, And give thee a land to be coveted, An inheritance of beauty, of the hosts of nations? Yet I said, My father, shalt thou call me, And away from me, shalt thou not turn.

Jeremiah 23:1Alas for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 25:37Then shall be silenced the prosperous pastures,—Because of the fierceness of the anger of Yahweh.

Jeremiah 39:3Then came in all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat in the middle gate,—Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, chief eunuch Nergal-sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:8-14

The State of Judah and Israel. ( b. c. 606.) 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they… Read the whole commentary →

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