Jeremiah 6:3
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Shepherds{H7462} with their flocks{H5739} shall come{H935} unto her; they shall pitch{H8628} their tents{H168} against her round about;{H5439} they shall feed{H7462} every one{H376} in his place.{H3027}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The shepherds{H7462}{(H8802)} with their flocks{H5739} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} unto her; they shall pitch{H8628}{(H8804)} their tents{H168} against her round about{H5439}; they shall feed{H7462}{(H8804)} every one{H376} in his place{H3027}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her, and euery one shal fede with his honde.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The pastors with their flockes shall come vnto her: they shall pitche their tentes rounde about by her, & euery one shal feede in his place.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Their tentes shall they pitche rounde about her, and euery one shall feede in his place.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed everyone in his place.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each `in' his own station.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.
World English Bible (2000)
Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Kings will attack it with their armies. They will encamp in siege all around it. Each of them will devastate the portion assigned to him.
Referenced Verses
- Luke 19:43 : 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
- 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them to destroy Judah, fulfilling the word of the LORD spoken through His servants, the prophets.
- 2 Kgs 24:10-12 : 10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged the city. 11 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin, king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs, went out to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
- 2 Kgs 25:1-4 : 1 In the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with his entire army against Jerusalem. He laid siege to the city and built a siege wall around it. 2 The city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city had become severe, and there was no food for the people of the land. 4 Then the city wall was breached, and all the warriors fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were surrounding the city. They escaped toward the Arabah.
- Jer 4:16-17 : 16 Warn the nations, proclaim it against Jerusalem: 'Watchers are coming from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.' 17 They surround her like men guarding a field because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.
- Jer 12:10 : 10 Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard; they have trampled my portion underfoot. They have turned my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
- Jer 39:1-3 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his entire army came against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the city’s walls were breached. 3 All the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsekim the chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer the chief magician, along with the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
- Nah 3:18 : 18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
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12 This is what the Lord Almighty says: In this desolate place, without people or animals, and in all its towns, there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
13 In the towns of the hill country, the western foothills, and the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
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4 Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.
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2 I have likened the beautiful and delicate Daughter of Zion to her destruction.
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8 As for you, Watchtower of the Flock, stronghold of Daughter Zion, the former dominion will come to you, the kingdom will return to Daughter Jerusalem.
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19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines, in the crevices of the rocks, on all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering places.
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20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?
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24 People will live together in Judah and all its cities—farmers and those who move with the herds.
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11 But now many nations are gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.'
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6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
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14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.
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36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
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20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a secure abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be uprooted, nor will any of its ropes be broken.
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9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.
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