Jeremías 10:21

21 Porque los pastores se enloquecieron, y no buscaron al SEÑOR; por tanto, no entendieron, y todo su ganado se esparció

Jeremías 10:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21

For the pastors are become brutish
The "kings" of Judah, so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, as Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; though it need not be restrained to these only, but may include all inferior civil magistrates, and even all ecclesiastical rulers, who were the shepherds of the people; but these being like the brute beasts, and without understanding of civil and religious things, and not knowing how to govern the people either in a political or ecclesiastical way, were the cause of their ruin. And have not sought the Lord;
this is an instance of their brutishness and stupidity, and opens the source of all their mistakes and misfortunes; they did not seek the Lord for counsel, by whom kings reign well, and princes decree justice; nor doctrine from the Lord, as the Targum, as the priests and prophets should have done, in order to instruct the people, and feed them with knowledge and understanding; nor did either of them seek the glory of God in what they did, but their own interest, worldly advantage, or applause: therefore they shall not prosper;
in their kingdom, and in the several offices and stations in which they were. Some render the words, "therefore they do not act prudently" ^F2; not consulting the Lord, nor warning the people, nor giving them notice of approaching danger: and all their flocks shall be scattered;
the people of the Jews that were under their government, civil or ecclesiastical, should be dispersed in several nations, and especially in Chaldee; wherefore it follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wlykvh al) "non egerunt prudenter", Vatablus, Tigurine version; "non intellexerunt", Pagninus, Montanus.

Jeremías 10:21 In-Context

19 ¡Ay de mí, por mi quebrantamiento! Mi llaga es muy dolorosa. Pero yo dije: Ciertamente enfermedad mía es ésta, y debo sufrirla

20 Mi tienda es destruida, y todas mis cuerdas están rotas; mis hijos fueron sacados de mí, y perecieron; no hay ya más quien extienda mi tienda, ni quien levante mis cortinas

21 Porque los pastores se enloquecieron, y no buscaron al SEÑOR; por tanto, no entendieron, y todo su ganado se esparció

22 He aquí que voz de fama viene, y alboroto grande de la tierra del aquilón, para tornar en soledad todas las ciudades de Judá, en morada de dragones

23 Conozco, oh SEÑOR, que el hombre no es señor de su propio camino, ni del hombre que camina es el ordenar sus pasos