Jeremiah 12:10

12:10 Many foreign rulers ¹  will ruin the land where I planted my people. ² 

They will trample all over my chosen land. ³ 

They will turn my beautiful land

into a desolate wasteland.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Many shepherds.” For the use of the term “shepherd” as a figure for rulers see the notes on 10:21.

[12:10]  ² tn Heb “my vineyard.” To translate literally would presuppose an unlikely familiarity of this figure on the part of some readers. To translate as “vineyards” as some do would be misleading because that would miss the figurative nuance altogether.

[12:10]  ³ tn Heb “my portion.”