Jeremiah 6:3

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“Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.””

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“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.”

— ASV

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Luke 19:43 "For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,"
Jeremiah 39:1-3 "In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, …"
Jeremiah 4:16-17 "“Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah."
Nahum 3:18 "Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather …"
2 Kings 24:10-12 "At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged."
Jeremiah 12:10 "Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wildern…"
2 Kings 25:1-4 "In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his ar…"
2 Kings 24:2 "Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, …"

Commentary

shepherds--hostile leaders with their armies (Jer 1:15; Jer 4:17; Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45). feed--They shall consume each one all that is near him; literally, "his hand," that is, the place which he occupies (Num 2:17; see on Isa 56:5).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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