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“Flee to safety, you sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a warning signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, Along with a great destruction. 2The beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will destroy. Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will pasture, each in his place. 4‘Prepare for war against her; Arise, and let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen! 5Arise, and let’s attack by night And destroy her palaces!’”

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
• pitchתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• placeיָדyâd · hand: monumentH3027

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:3

• Nahum 3:18Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your officers are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to gather them.
• Jeremiah 4:16“Report it to the nations, now! Proclaim to Jerusalem, ‘Enemies are coming from a remote country, And they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it;
• 2 Kings 24:2And the Lord sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
• 2 Kings 25:1Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a siege wall all around it.
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will put up a barricade against 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

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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