Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 12:10

A church father on this verse
“(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 t…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

Modern

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In context

8My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.

9Is not my inheritance to me a hyena’s cave, or a cave round about her? Go ye, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.

— Jeremiah 12:10 —

11it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.

12The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

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