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 King James Version (NKJV)“Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Context of Jeremiah 12:10

8My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest, so I have treated them with contempt. 9My chosen people act like speckled vultures, but they themselves are surrounded by vultures. Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean! “Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard, trampling down the vines and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness. 11They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares. 12On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

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 6:3Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city. Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Jeremiah 39:3All the officers of the Babylonian army came in and sat in triumph at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, and Nebo-sarsekim, a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king’s adviser, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon.
• Psalms 80:8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
• Isaiah 5:1Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.
• Luke 20:9Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.
• Isaiah 43:28That is why I have disgraced your priests; I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame for Israel.
• Isaiah 63:18How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemy has plundered her completely, taking every precious thing she owns. She has seen foreigners violate her sacred Temple, the place the Lord had forbidden them to enter.
• Luke 21:14So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you,
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months.
• Jeremiah 3:19“I thought to myself, ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn 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