Jeremiah 12:10 “Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot…”

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

World English Bible

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

American Standard Version

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Many pastors haue destroyed my vineyarde, and troden my portion vnder foote: of my pleasant portion they haue made a desolate wildernesse.

Darby Translation

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:

Young's Literal Translation

Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness — a desolation.

Bible in Basic English

The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;

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Cross references

“pastors”

Jeremiah 6:3 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 39:3

Jeremiah 6:3 · BSB

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

Jeremiah 25:9 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Jeremiah 39:3 · BSB

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylo…

“my vineyard”

Isaiah 5:1–7 Psalm 80:8–16 Luke 20:9–16

Isaiah 5:1–7 · BSB

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Psalm 80:8–16 · BSB

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

Luke 20:9–16 · BSB

Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

“trodden”

Isaiah 63:18 Isaiah 43:28 Luke 21:14 Revelation 11:2 Lamentations 1:10 Lamentations 1:11

Isaiah 63:18 · BSB

For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

Isaiah 43:28 · BSB

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

Luke 21:14 · BSB

So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

Revelation 11:2 · BSB

But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Lamentations 1:10 · BSB

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

Lamentations 1:11 · BSB

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

“pleasant portion”

Jeremiah 3:19

Jeremiah 3:19 · BSB

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Also

Jeremiah 23:1

Jeremiah 23:1 · BSB

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

11They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

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