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“Take cover, people of Benjamin! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow the ram’s horn in Tekoa. Raise the flag over Beth Hakkerem, because disaster and widespread destruction are coming from the north. 2“My people Zion are like lovely pastures. With their flocks, shepherds will come to them, pitch their tents all around them, and each of them will tend his own flock. 4⌞The shepherds say,⌟ ‘Prepare yourselves for war against Zion. Let’s attack at noon! How horrible it will be for us. The day is passing, and the shadows of evening are growing longer. 5Let’s attack at night and destroy its palaces.’ ”

Jeremiah 6:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• with their flocksעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · flockH5739
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto her; they shall pitchתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• against her round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• in his placeיָדyâd · hand: monumentH3027

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:3

• Nahum 3:18Your shepherds, king of Assyria, have fallen into a deep sleep. Your best fighting men are at rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
• Jeremiah 4:16Warn the nations about these things. Bring them to the attention of Jerusalem. “Hostile troops are coming from a distant country. They are shouting battle cries against the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1In the tenth month of Zedekiah’s ninth year as king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army and blockaded it.
• 2 Kings 24:2The Lord sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as the Lord had predicted through his servants the prophets.
• 2 Kings 25:1On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.
• Luke 19:43The time will come when enemy armies will build a wall to surround you and close 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

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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