3Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion."


In Context

1 "Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.

2 I will destroy the Daughter of Zion, so beautiful and delicate.

3 Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion."

4 "Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

5 So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!"

Jeremiah 6:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3The 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:3The shepherds shall come to her with their flocks: they have pitched their tents against her round about: every one shall feed them that are under his hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:3Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:3Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her on every side; they shall feed every one in his place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each in his own station.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3The 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.