Jeremías 12:10

10 »Muchos gobernantes han devastado mi viñedo,
pisotearon las vides
y así transformaron toda su belleza en un lugar 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 pueblo elegido ha rugido contra mí como un león en la selva,
por eso lo traté con desprecio.

9 Mi pueblo elegido se comporta como buitres moteados,
pero es el pueblo mismo el que está rodeado de buitres.
¡Que salgan los animales salvajes para que despedacen sus cadáveres!

10 »Muchos gobernantes han devastado mi viñedo,
pisotearon las vides
y así transformaron toda su belleza en un lugar desolado.

11 Lo han convertido en tierra baldía;
escucho su triste lamento.
Toda la tierra está desolada
y a nadie siquiera le importa.

12 Se pueden ver ejércitos destructores
en todas las cumbres desiertas de las colinas.
La espada del Señor
devora a la gente
de un extremo al otro de la nación.
¡Nadie escapará!