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

1O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. 2I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. 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. 4Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. 5Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Jeremiah 6:3 word by word

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

• 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 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
• Jeremiah 4:16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
• 2 Kings 24:2And Yhwh sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yhwh, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
• 2 Kings 25:1And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
• Luke 19:43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee 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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• Sheshach
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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