Jeremiah 6:3

Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.

4Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:10At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,

Jeremiah 4:16Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.

Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness — a desolation.

Nahum 3:18Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.

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 →

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