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 your lives, you people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the alarm in Tekoa! Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem! A powerful army is coming from the north, coming with disaster and destruction. 2O Jerusalem, you are my beautiful and delicate daughter— but I will destroy you! Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city. Each chooses a place for his troops to devour. 4They shout, ‘Prepare for battle! Attack at noon!’ ‘No, it’s too late; the day is fading, and the evening shadows are falling.’ 5‘Well then, let’s attack at 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

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 are asleep, O Assyrian king; your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.
• Jeremiah 4:16“Warn the surrounding nations and announce this to Jerusalem: The enemy is coming from a distant land, raising a battle cry against the towns of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1In January of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his entire army to besiege Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 24:2Then the Lord sent bands of Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the Lord had promised through his prophets.
• 2 Kings 25:1So on January 15, during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.
• Luke 19:43Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from 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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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