Verse 21

Jeremiah 10:21

American Standard Version

21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֤י נִבְעֲרוּ֙ הָֽ/רֹעִ֔ים וְ/אֶת יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א דָרָ֑שׁוּ עַל כֵּן֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ וְ/כָל מַרְעִיתָ֖/ם נָפֽוֹצָה

English Translation

Because the shepherds have become foolish and have not inquired of the LORD, therefore they have not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Focus ↗

2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; fo... Focus ↗

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the... Focus ↗

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not... Focus ↗

5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they can... Focus ↗

6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Focus ↗

7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among a... Focus ↗

8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock. Focus ↗

9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of... Focus ↗

10 But Jehovah is the true God (Elohim); he is the living God (Elohim), and an everlasting King: at his... Focus ↗

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall peri... Focus ↗

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his underst... Focus ↗

13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to... Focus ↗

14 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his grave... Focus ↗

15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe... Focus ↗

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege. Focus ↗

18 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will... Focus ↗

19 Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must... Focus ↗

20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are... Focus ↗

21 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not pros...

22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the... Focus ↗

23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his... Focus ↗

24 O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Focus ↗

25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy n... Focus ↗

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