KJV King James 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.
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Jeremiah 6:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
WEB World English Bible
Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each in his own station.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 6
1 O 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 Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].
3 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.
4 Prepare 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.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this [is] the city to be visited; she [is] wholly oppression in the midst of her.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֵלֶ֛יהָH413 · elto(wards)יָבֹ֥אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeרֹעִ֖יםH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsוְעֶדְרֵיהֶ֑םH5739 · e.derflockתָּקְע֨וּH8628 · ta.qato blowעָלֶ֤יהָH5921 · aluponאֹהָלִים֙H168 · o.heltentסָבִ֔יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundרָע֖וּH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָדֽוֹ׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
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,Jeremiah 39:1-3In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.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].2 Kings 24:2And the LORD 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 the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.Jeremiah 4:16-17Make 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.2 Kings 24:10-12At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.Jeremiah 12:10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.2 Kings 25:1-4And 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 host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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