Jeremias 12:10

10 Muitos pastores destruíram a minha vinha, pisaram o meu quinhão; tornaram em desolado deserto o meu quinhão aprazível.

Jeremias 12:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 12:10

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 ) ( Isaiah 5:1-7 ) ( 27:2 ) , the pastors that destroyed them are not their own governors, civil or religious, but Heathen princes, Nebuchadnezzar and his generals. So the Targum paraphrases it,

``many kings slay my people;''

so Kimchi and Ben Melech. They have trodden my portion under foot;
the people of the Jews, that were his portion, and before called his heritage; whom the Chaldeans subdued, and reduced to extreme servitude and bondage; and were as the dirt under their feet, greatly oppressed and despised. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness;
by pulling down stately edifices, unwalling of towers, and destroying men; so that there were none to manure the fields, to dress the vineyards, and keep gardens and orchards in good case; but all were come to ruin and what before was a delightful paradise was now like an heath or desert.

Jeremias 12:10 In-Context

8 Tornou-se a minha herança para mim como leão numa floresta; levantou a sua voz contra mim, por isso eu a odeio.

9 Acaso é para mim a minha herança como uma ave de rapina de varias cores? Andam as aves de rapina contra ela em redor? Ide, pois, ajuntai a todos os animais do campo, trazei-os para a devorarem.

10 Muitos pastores destruíram a minha vinha, pisaram o meu quinhão; tornaram em desolado deserto o meu quinhão aprazível.

11 Em assolação o tornaram; ele, desolado, clama a mim. Toda a terra está assolada, mas ninguém toma isso a peito.

12 Sobre todos os altos escalvados do deserto vieram destruidores, porque a espada do Senhor devora desde uma até outra extremidade da terra; não há paz para nenhuma carne.