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Jeremiah 6:3

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 place.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her,.... Kings and their armies, as the Targum paraphrases it; kings and generals are compared to shepherds, and their armies to flocks, who are under…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To it shall come “shepherds with their flocks:” They have pitched upon it “their tents round about:” They have pastured each his hand, “i. e., side.” The pasture is so abundant that each feeds his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 6:1-8

Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under no apprehension of danger; they saw no cloud gathering, but every thing looked…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

For shepherds in the sense of leaders, rulers cp. chs. Jer 2:8; Jer 3:15.

every one in his place The Heb. is lit. each his hand. They shall not need to encroach upon one another, finding abundance in…