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My children are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they <i>are</i> not: <i>there is</i> none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My children have gone from me, And they <i>are</i> no more. <i>There is</i> no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken. My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are torn out; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, And all my [tent] cords are broken; My children have been taken from me [as captives] and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again And to set up my [tent] curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed; all my tent cords are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one to pitch my tent again or to hang up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed; all my tent cords are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one to pitch my tent again or to hang up my curtains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our homes are destroyed; our children are dead. No one is left to help us find shelter." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my ropes are broken. My children have left me and have disappeared. There's no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Our tents are ruined; the ropes that held them have broken. Our children have all gone away; there is no one left to put up our tents again; there is no one to hang their curtains." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my tent cords are broken. My sons have gone away from me, they no longer live. There is no one to pitch my tent again and set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />My tabernacle is laid waste, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My tent has been spoiled, "" And all my cords have been broken, "" My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, "" There is none stretching out my tent anymore, "" And raising up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My tent was laid waste, and all my cords were broken: my sons went forth from me, and they are not: none stretched forth my tent any more, and the place of my curtains.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />My tent has been destroyed. All my cords have been broken. My sons have gone away from me; they did not remain. There is no one to stretch out my tent any more, nor to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My tent is ruined, all its cords are severed. My children have left me, they are no more: no one to pitch my tent, no one to raise its curtains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are no more; there is no one to spread my tent again, and to set up my curtains.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />My tabernacle is plundered and all its cords are cut off; my children have left me, and they are not; there is no one to pitch my tent again and to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My tents are plundered and all its cords are cut! My children went out from me and they are not! There is no one able to pitch again and to set up my tents<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />My tent is spoiled, And all my cords are broken; My children are gone forth of me, and they are not; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more, And to set up my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, <i>nor</i> place for my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3274" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/10.htm">The Coming Destruction</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.” <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ā·ho·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">My tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/7703.htm" title="7703: šud·dāḏ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. powerful; by implication, to ravage.">is destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4340.htm" title="4340: mê·ṯā·ray (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Cord, string. From yathar; a cord or the string.">its ropes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5423.htm" title="5423: nit·tā·qū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off. A primitive root; to tear off.">are snapped.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">My sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yə·ṣā·’u·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">have departed from me</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ê·nām (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3mp) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and are no more.</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">I have no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">left</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nō·ṭeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">to pitch</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ā·ho·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">my tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: ū·mê·qîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">or set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3407.htm" title="3407: yə·rî·‘ō·w·ṯāy (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Curtain. From yara'; a hanging.">my curtains.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentations 2:5-7</a></span><br />The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. / He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest. / The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2-3</a></span><br />“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. / For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Ezekiel 19:12-14</a></span><br />But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. / Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. / Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19-21</a></span><br />For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ / Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Micah 1:9-16</a></span><br />For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. / Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. / Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a></span><br />And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Ezekiel 7:22-24</a></span><br />I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it. / Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence. / So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2</a></span><br />“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Isaiah 27:10</a></span><br />For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12-17</a></span><br />Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. / Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Zechariah 11:2-3</a></span><br />Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down! / Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-35.htm">Luke 13:35</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.</p><p class="hdg">tabernacle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a></b></br> Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2</a></b></br> Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4-6</a></b></br> He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all <i>that were</i> pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire… </p><p class="hdg">my children.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, <i>and</i> bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they <i>were</i> not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-8.htm">Job 7:8</a></b></br> The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no <i>more</i>: thine eyes <i>are</i> upon me, and I <i>am</i> not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-7.htm">Proverbs 12:7</a></b></br> The wicked are overthrown, and <i>are</i> not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.</p><p class="hdg">there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a></b></br> Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Isaiah 51:16</a></b></br> And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou <i>art</i> my people.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Curtains</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Despoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-25.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Shelter</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm">Snapped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-29.htm">Curtains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-19.htm">Despoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-11.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Shelter</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Snapped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-10.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-10.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-1.htm">The unequal comparison of God and idols.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">He makes an humble supplication.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "tent" is "אֹהֶל" (ohel), which can also represent the tabernacle, a sacred place of meeting with God. The destruction of the tent signifies a profound loss and vulnerability, reflecting the dismantling of the people's spiritual and communal life. Historically, this can be seen as a metaphor for the impending Babylonian exile, where the Israelites would lose their homeland and the center of their worship.<p><b>all its ropes are snapped</b><br />Ropes, or "מֵיתָר" (meitar) in Hebrew, are essential for holding a tent together, providing stability and structure. The snapping of the ropes indicates a complete breakdown of order and security. This phrase suggests the fragility of human constructs when they are not anchored in God. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from divine guidance, leading to the unraveling of societal and spiritual cohesion.<p><b>My children have departed from me and are no more</b><br />The departure of children, "בָּנַי" (banai), is a poignant expression of loss and desolation. In the context of Jeremiah, this can be understood as the scattering of the people of Judah due to conquest and exile. Children represent the future and continuity of a family or nation. Their absence underscores the severing of generational ties and the interruption of God's covenantal promises. This phrase evokes a deep sense of mourning and the consequences of collective disobedience to God's commands.<p><b>No one is left to pitch my tent</b><br />The act of pitching a tent, "לִנְטוֹת" (lintot), involves establishing a place of dwelling and security. The absence of anyone to perform this task highlights the complete desolation and abandonment faced by the people. It reflects the spiritual desolation where there is no one left to restore the relationship with God or to rebuild the community. This serves as a call to repentance and the need for divine intervention to restore what has been lost.<p><b>or set up my curtains</b><br />Curtains, or "יְרִיעוֹת" (yeriot), in the context of a tent, provide privacy and protection. In the tabernacle, curtains also held significant religious symbolism, representing the separation between the holy and the common. The inability to set up these curtains signifies a loss of sacred space and the protective presence of God. Historically, this reflects the destruction of the temple and the loss of a central place of worship. Spiritually, it calls believers to seek restoration and renewal in their relationship with God, emphasizing the need for a return to holiness and divine fellowship.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">My tabernacle . . .</span>--The tent which had been the home of Israel is destroyed, the cords that fastened it to the ground are broken, the children that used to help their mother in arranging the tent and its curtains "are not," <span class= "ital">i.e. </span>(as in <a href="/genesis/42-36.htm" title="And Jacob their father said to them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.">Genesis 42:36</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm" title="Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.">Jeremiah 31:15</a>; <a href="/matthew/2-18.htm" title="In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.">Matthew 2:18</a>), they are either dead or in exile. There is something significant in the fact that the destruction of the city is represented under the imagery of that of a tent. The daughter of Zion has, as it were, been brought back to her nomadic state.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My tabernacle</span>; rather, <span class="accented">my tent</span>. It is very striking how present to the minds of the Israelites was the consciousness of their pastoral origin. Hence the cry, "To your tents, O Israel" (<a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a>); comp. also, "And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as aforetime" (<a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">2 Kings 13:5</a><span class="cmt_word">). My cords ... my curtains.</span> The "cords ' are those which, by being fastened to poles and stakes, keep the tent steady; the "curtains," of course, are the covering of the tent (comp. <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">My tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳלִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is destroyed,</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁדָּ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(šud·dāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7703.htm">Strong's 7703: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its ropes</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵיתָרַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ṯā·ray)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4340.htm">Strong's 4340: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, the string</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are snapped.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִתָּ֑קוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nit·tā·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5423.htm">Strong's 5423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנַ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have departed from me</span><br /><span class="heb">יְצָאֻ֙נִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ṣā·’u·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and are no more.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵינָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have no one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵין־</span> <span class="translit">(’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">left</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹד֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to pitch</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹטֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ṭeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳלִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵקִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my curtains.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rî·‘ō·w·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3407.htm">Strong's 3407: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hanging</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 10:20 My tent is destroyed and all my (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 10:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 10:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 10:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 10:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>