Jeremiah 12:10

pastors. Used of rulers. See note on Jeremiah 1:80; Jeremiah 3:15.

My portion. One Codex (Dr. Ginsburg's "G. 1") reads "My possession".

pleasant portion. Hebrew portion of desire. my desired portion.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 12:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nebuchadnezzar and his confederate kings trampled Judah under foot, as heedless of the ruin they were inflicting as the shepherds would be who led...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Many shepherds have destroyed my (k) vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (k...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Desolation of Judah by her Neighbours, and their Future. This isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings 24:1 f.,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He explains by another comparison what we have just observed; he calls those pastors or shepherds whom he had before compared to wild beasts; f...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Many past...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Many pastors— Many eaters, or devourers. The same persons here are meant as in chap. Jeremiah 6:3 namely, Nebuchadnezzar and his army.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pastors ] leaders of the invading armies: cp. Jeremiah 6:3 , where they axe called 'shepherds.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard. — The use of the word “pastors,” with all its modern spiritual associations, instead of “shepherds” (Jerem...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-23 and Jeremiah 12:1-17 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to su...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I hope that I do not use any violence to this passage, neither strain the holy scripture, when I say, that after everything which may be said, in all...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard ,.... This is a metaphor which is often used of the people of Israel and Judah; see Psalms 80:8 , the past...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Ver. 10...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Many pastures have destroyed my vineyard Many eaters , or devourers , as Dr. Waterland translates רעים רבים, by which the Chaldee Paraphrast unders...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The State of Judah and Israel. B. C. 606....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By pastors most here think civil persons, not ecclesiastical officers, are meant; but they are divided, some interpreting it of the rulers and prin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Has Forsaken His House And Rejected His Heritage Because Of What It Has Become, And Their Evil Neighbours Will Also Be Punished, But Even For T...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commenta...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 12:4 . He shall not see our last end. This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5 . “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jaco...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel Spoiled by the Enemies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Many pastors, the very ones who were expected to give the Church the proper spiritual care, have destroyed My vineyard; they, together with the hea...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 43:28 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Isaiah 63:18 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 3:19 ; Jeremiah 39:3 ; Jeremiah 6:3 ; Lamentations 1:10 ; Lamentations...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A wilderness — They have caused God to turn the country which he had chosen for his portion, into a wilderness.

¹⁰ Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasante portion a desolate wilderness.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 12:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 12:10