Jeremiah 6:3

Jeremiah 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, each in his place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her. They shall pitch their tents against her all around. Each one shall pasture in his own place.”

Context of Jeremiah 6:3

1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction. 2Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion: 4‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long. 5Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

Jeremiah 6:3 word by word

אֵלֶ֛יהָ יָבֹ֥אוּ רֹעִ֖ים וְעֶדְרֵיהֶ֑ם תָּקְע֨וּ עָלֶ֤יהָ אֹהָלִים֙ סָבִ֔יב רָע֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ אֶת־יָדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• and their flocksעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · flockH5739
• will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• against herאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• they will pitchתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• they will pitchעַל‛al · uponH5921
• their tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• all around herסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• tending his own portionיָדyâd · hand: monumentH3027

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:3

• Nahum 3:18O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
• Jeremiah 4:16Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
• 2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
• 2 Kings 25:1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The shepherds with their flocks - The chiefs and their battalions. The invading army is about to spoil and waste all the fertile fields round about the city, while engaged in the siege.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3To it shall come “shepherds with their flocks:” They have pitched upon it “their tents round about:” They have pastured each his hand, “i. e., side.” The pasture is so abundant that each feeds his flock, i. e., plunders Jerusalem, at the side of his own tent.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5Jeremiah described the commanding officers of the invading army as shepherds leading their soldiers to camp around the city. The initial plan was to strike the city walls at noon, when the attackers could see their work. However, the people in the city were so weakened that a night attack was just as effective (see 2 Kings 25:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. shepherds--hostile leaders with their armies (Jr 1:15; 4:17; 49:20; 50:45). feed--They shall consume each one all that is near him; literally, "his hand," that is, the place which he occupies (Nu 2:17; see on Is 56:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:3

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In the dictionaries

• Cruel
• Herdsman
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach
• Tent

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings