Jeremiah 12:10

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Many	רַבִּים֙ ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
pastors	רֹעִ֤ים ro.'Im	H7462	to tend a flock · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
destroyed	שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ shi.cha.Tu	H7843	to decay · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
vineyard	כַרְמִ֔י khar.Mi	H3754	a garden or vineyard · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person masculine singular
trodden	בֹּסְס֖וּ bo.se.Su	H947	to trample (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
portion	חֶלְקָתִ֑י chel.ka.Ti	H2513	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
foot	בּוּס bûwç	H947	to trample (literally or figuratively)
made	נָֽתְנ֛וּ na.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
pleasant	חֶמְדָּתִ֖י chem.da.Ti	H2532	delight · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
portion	חֶלְקַ֥ת chel.Kat	H2513	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
desolate	שְׁמָמָֽה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
wilderness	לְמִדְבַּ֥ר le.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isaiah 63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Psalms 80:8-16 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Jeremiah 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, T…
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…
Luke 20:9-16 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far cou…
Isaiah 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:7-13

The people of the Jews are here marked for ruin. I. God is here brought in falling out with them and leaving them desolate; and they could never have been undone if they had not provoked God to desert them. It is a terrible word that God here says (Jer 12:7): I have forsaken my house - the temple, which had been his palace; they had polluted it, and so forced him out of it: I have left my heritage, and will look after it no more. His people that he has taken such delight in, and care of, are now thrown out of his protection. They had been the dearly beloved of his soul, precious in his sight and honorable above any people, which is mentioned to aggravate their sin in returning him hatred for…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 12:10

pastors--the Babylonian leaders (compare Jer 12:12; Jer 6:3). my vineyard-- (Isa 5:1, Isa 5:5). trodden my portion-- (Isa 63:18).

John Gill on Jeremiah 12:10

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard,.... This is a metaphor which is often used of the people of Israel and Judah; see Psalm 80:8, the pastors that destroyed them are not their own governors, civil or religious, but Heathen princes, Nebuchadnezzar and his generals. So the Targum paraphrases it, "many kings slay my people;'' so Kimchi and Ben Melech. They have trodden my portion under foot; the people of the Jews, that were his portion, and before called his heritage; whom the Chaldeans subdued, and reduced to extreme servitude and bondage; and were as the dirt under their feet, greatly oppressed and despised. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness; by pulling down s…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 12:10

Jeremiah 12:10 10. Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 10. Pastores nmlti perdiderunt vitem mean.a, calcarunt (aut, vastarunt, utrunque enim significat vssv, sed hic verbum quadratum, perdiderunt ergo) portionem mearn, dederunt portionem desiderii mei in desertum vastitatis. He explains by another comparison what we have just observed; he calls those pastors or shepherds whom he had before compared to wild beasts; for by saying, "Come ye, all the wild beasts of the wood," he doubtless meant the same as those of whom he now speaks; and yet he calls them pastors. But he touched the Jews t…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 10) Many shepherds have destroyed (or disrupted) my vineyard, they have trampled (or polluted) my portion: they have given my desirable portion into a desert wasteland (or uninhabited). They have made (or it has been made) it into a desolation. Let those who want to be leaders of the people hear this, because they will have to give an account not only for themselves, but also for the flocks entrusted to them, on the day of judgment. For because of them, a part of the Lord's dwelling place is trampled and polluted, so that where once there was a hospice, there may now be a dwelling place for beasts. Others, however, understand the leaders of the enemies, who have scattered the vineyard of the Lord, not as being placed over the people and priests.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Shepherd — A word naturally of frequent occurence in Scripture. Sometimes the word “pastor” is used instead (Jer. 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10; 17:16). This word is used figuratively to represent the relation of…
Deserts · Illustrative of: Desolation by armies — Illustrative of: Desolation by armies
Titles And Names Of The Church · Vineyard — Vineyard
Vineyard · Parables of — Parables of
Vineyards · Illustrative: Of the Jewish Church — Illustrative: Of the Jewish Church

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 12:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 12:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 12:10

John Calvin on Jeremiah 12:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 12:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 12:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 12:10

John Calvin on Jeremiah 12:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 12:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 12:10-13

Rashi on Jeremiah 12:10