Jeremías 12:10

10 Muchos pastores han arruinado mi viña, han hollado mi heredad; han hecho de mi hermosa heredad un desierto desolado.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 12:10 In-Context

8 Mi heredad vino a ser para mí como león en la selva; rugió contra mí; por tanto, la aborrecí.

9 ¿Es acaso mi heredad para mí como ave de rapiña de varios colores? ¿Están las aves de rapiña por todos lados contra ella? Id, reunid a todas las bestias del campo, traedlas para que la devoren.

10 Muchos pastores han arruinado mi viña, han hollado mi heredad; han hecho de mi hermosa heredad un desierto desolado.

11 Fue hecha una desolación, llora sobre mí desolada; todo el país ha sido desolado, porque no hubo nadie a quien le importara.

12 Sobre todas las alturas desoladas del desierto han venido destructores, porque la espada del SEÑOR devora de un extremo de la tierra al otro; no hay paz para nadie.