Jeremiah 12:10

Jeremiah 12:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• New International Version (NIV)Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard, trampling down the vines and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.

Context of Jeremiah 12:10

8My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it. 9My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour! “Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. 12The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 12:10 word by word

רֹעִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ כַרְמִ֔י בֹּסְס֖וּ אֶת־חֶלְקָתִ֑י נָֽתְנ֛וּ אֶת־חֶלְקַ֥ת חֶמְדָּתִ֖י לְמִדְבַּ֥ר שְׁמָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• pastorsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• have destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• my vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• they have troddenבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• my portionחֶלְקָהchelqâh · portionH2513
• they have madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• my pleasantחֶמְדָּהchemdâh · desireH2532
• a desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:10

• Jeremiah 6:3The 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.”
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jeremiah 39:3Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
• Psalms 80:8You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
• Isaiah 5:1Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• Luke 20:9Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.
• Isaiah 43:28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.
• Isaiah 63:18Your holy people have possessed it but a little while; Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
• Lamentations 1:10The adversary has spread his hand Over all her pleasant things; For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, Those whom You commanded Not to enter Your assembly.
• Luke 21:14Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer;
• Revelation 11:2But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
• Jeremiah 3:19“But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’

Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard - My people have had many kinds of enemies which have fed upon their richest pastures; the Philistines, the Moabites, Ammonites, Assyrians, Egyptians. and now the Chaldeans.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Nebuchadnezzar and his confederate kings trampled Judah under foot, as heedless of the ruin they were inflicting as the shepherds would be who led their flocks to browse in spring upon the tender shoots of the vine.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious in his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their enemies. Many professing churches become like speckled birds, presenting a mixture of religion and the world, with its vain fashions, pursuits, and pollutions. God's people are as men wondered at, as a speckled bird; but this people had by their own folly made themselves so; and the beasts and birds are called to prey…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10A vineyard commonly symbolizes God's people, as seen in passages like Isaiah 5:1–10, Matthew 21:33–45, and John 15:1–8.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. pastors--the Babylonian leaders (compare Jr 12:12; Jr 6:3). my vineyard--(Is 5:1, 5). trodden my portion--(Is 63:18).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 12

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings