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They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard; They have trampled down My portion; They have made My desired portion A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Many shepherds (invaders) have destroyed My vineyard (Judah), They have trampled My field underfoot; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my plot of land. They have turned my desirable plot into a desolate wasteland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of land. They have turned My desirable plot into a desolate wasteland. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My beautiful land is ruined like a field or a vineyard trampled by shepherds and stripped bare by their flocks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They've trampled my property. They've turned my pleasant property into a wasteland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Many foreign rulers have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my fields; they have turned my lovely land into a desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They'll trample down my portion. They'll turn my pleasant portion into a desolate desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shepherds destroyed My vineyard, "" They have trodden down My portion, "" They have made My desirable portion "" Become a wilderness—a desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Many shepherds destroyed my vineyard, they trod down my portion, they gave the portion of my desire for a desert of desolation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Many pastors have demolished my vineyard. They have trampled my portion. They have made my desirable portion into a desert of solitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard, have trampled down my heritage; My delightful portion they have turned into a desert waste. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my portion, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion as a desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Many Shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden upon my portion. They made the portion of my pleasure as a desolate wilderness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion under foot, They have made My pleasant portion A desolate wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3753" 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/12.htm">God's Answer to Jeremiah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Is 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. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">Many</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘îm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">shepherds</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: ši·ḥă·ṯū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">have destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: ḵar·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">My vineyard;</a> <a href="/hebrew/947.htm" title="947: bō·sə·sū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To tread down, trample. A primitive root; to trample.">they have trampled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: ḥel·qā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">My plot of ground.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">They have turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2532.htm" title="2532: ḥem·dā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Desire, delight. Feminine of chemed; delight.">My pleasant</a> <a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: ḥel·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">field</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mā·māh (N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">into a desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: lə·miḏ·bar (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">wasteland.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.…<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="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? / You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock. / You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9-12</a></span><br />Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. / Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-4.htm">Zechariah 11:4-5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter, / whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12-13</a></span><br />The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6-9</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. / The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace. / They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a></span><br />Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a></span><br />I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-3</a></span><br />Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2</a></span><br />“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14-15</a></span><br />The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. / Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Zephaniah 3:3-4</a></span><br />Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. / Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-46.htm">Luke 20:46-47</a></span><br />“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">pastors.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Jeremiah 6:3</a></b></br> The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch <i>their</i> tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">Jeremiah 39:3</a></b></br> And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, <i>even</i> Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.</p><p class="hdg">my vineyard.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a></b></br> Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9-16</a></b></br> 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 country for a long time… </p><p class="hdg">trodden.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Isaiah 43:28</a></b></br> Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18</a></b></br> The people of thy holiness have possessed <i>it</i> but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10,11</a></b></br> The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen <i>that</i> the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command <i>that</i> they should not enter into thy congregation… </p><p class="hdg">pleasant portion.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Jeremiah 3:19</a></b></br> 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, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Desirable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Field</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Pastors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Desirable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-20.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Field</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Pastors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-15.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-7.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">and laments his heritage.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">He promises to the penitent return from captivity.</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard;</b><br>In biblical context, "shepherds" often refer to leaders or rulers, both religious and political. In Jeremiah's time, these leaders were responsible for guiding the people of Israel, God's "vineyard," in righteousness. However, they failed in their duties, leading to spiritual and moral decay. The imagery of a vineyard is frequently used in Scripture to symbolize Israel (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>). The destruction by the shepherds indicates neglect and mismanagement, leading to the nation's downfall. This phrase can also be seen as a warning to leaders in any era about the consequences of failing to uphold God's standards.<p><b>they have trampled My plot of ground.</b><br>The act of trampling suggests a lack of care and respect for what is sacred. In ancient agricultural societies, a plot of ground was a valuable resource, requiring careful cultivation. The leaders' actions are akin to desecrating something holy. This phrase highlights the severity of the leaders' neglect and the resulting damage to the spiritual and social fabric of the nation. It echoes the idea of profaning what God has set apart, similar to the warnings given in <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a> against the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves instead of the flock.<p><b>They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.</b><br>The transformation from a "pleasant field" to a "desolate wasteland" underscores the complete devastation caused by the leaders' failures. The "pleasant field" represents the potential and blessings God intended for His people, which have been squandered. This imagery is reminiscent of the curses for disobedience outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>, where the land suffers due to the people's unfaithfulness. The desolation serves as a physical manifestation of spiritual barrenness. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who later restores what is broken and desolate, offering redemption and renewal to those who turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his lamentations over the spiritual state of the nation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shepherds.htm">Shepherds</a></b><br>In this context, the term "shepherds" refers metaphorically to the leaders of Israel, including kings, priests, and prophets, who were responsible for guiding the people but failed in their duties.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/v/vineyard.htm">Vineyard</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the nation of Israel, which God cultivated to be fruitful and faithful to Him.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pleasant_field.htm">Pleasant Field</a></b><br>Another metaphor for Israel, indicating the beauty and potential that God intended for His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolate_wasteland.htm">Desolate Wasteland</a></b><br>The result of the leaders' failure, representing the spiritual and physical ruin of the nation due to neglect and disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_accountability.htm">Leadership Accountability</a></b><br>Leaders are accountable to God for the spiritual well-being of those they lead. Neglect and self-interest can lead to ruin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_stewardship.htm">Spiritual Stewardship</a></b><br>Just as a vineyard requires care, our spiritual lives need nurturing through prayer, study, and obedience to God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_neglect.htm">Consequences of Neglect</a></b><br>Ignoring God's commands and failing to lead righteously results in spiritual desolation, both personally and communally.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_expectation_of_fruitfulness.htm">God's Expectation of Fruitfulness</a></b><br>God desires His people to be fruitful, reflecting His character and purposes in the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the desolation, God offers hope and restoration through repentance and faithful leadership, as seen in the promise of the Good Shepherd.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._10_12_align_with_cosmology.htm">Jeremiah 10:12: How can this claim that God 'stretched out the heavens' align with scientific cosmology regarding the universe's expansion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jeremiah_39_9-10__are_exile_claims_reliable.htm">Jeremiah 39:9-10: How reliable are the claims about who was exiled and who remained in the land, considering possible discrepancies with other historical accounts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_use_parables,_not_direct_words.htm">Why does the Bible use parables and metaphors instead of direct statements?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard.</span>--The use of the word "pastors," with all its modern spiritual associations, instead of "shepherds" (Jeremiah is the only book in the Old Testament, it may be noted, in which the word occurs), is peculiarly unhappy in this passage, where the "pastors" are reckless and destructive. Here the image (as in <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm" title="The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.">Jeremiah 6:3</a>) is that of the <span class= "ital">shepherds </span>of a wild, nomadic tribe (who represent the Chaldean and other invaders), breaking down the fence of the vineyard, and taking in their flocks to browse upon the tender shoots of the vine. The thought is the same as that of the "boar out of the wood" of <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm" title="The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it.">Psalm 80:13</a>, but the "shepherds" are introduced to bring in the thought of the organisation and systematic plan of destruction.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - Another simpler and more natural image, expressing the same idea, as these in Ver. 9. The favorite way of representing Jehovah's relation to his people is that of a vine-proprietor to his vineyard (see on Jeremiah 2:21). How would a vineyard be ruined if a band of shepherds were to drive their flocks among the tender vine-shoots! <span class="cmt_word">The many pastors</span> (or, <span class="accented">shepherds</span>) are clearly Nebuchadnezzar and his generals (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Jeremiah 6:3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">My pleasant portion</span>. Jehovah is the "portion" of his people; his people and its land are the "portion" of Jehovah (see on Jeremiah 10:16). The epithet "pleasant" expresses the emotion of the surprised speaker. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/12-10.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">Many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּים֙</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shepherds</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ši·ḥă·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My vineyard;</span><br /><span class="heb">כַרְמִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ḵar·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have trampled</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּסְס֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·sə·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_947.htm">Strong's 947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread down, trample</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My plot of land.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶלְקָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥel·qā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoothness, flattery, an allotment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They have turned</span><br /><span class="heb">נָֽתְנ֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My pleasant</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶמְדָּתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥem·dā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, delight</span><br /><br /><span class="word">field</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶלְקַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥel·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoothness, flattery, an allotment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a desolate</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> </span><span class="str2">Devastation, astonishment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wasteland.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִדְבַּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·miḏ·bar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 12:10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard they (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/12-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:11" /></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>