Jeremiah 12:10
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah's first confession: why do the wicked prosper? God's answer challenges Jeremiah to race with horses since harder things await. God will abandon his beloved heritage — the vineyard metaphor — but also promises restoration for neighboring nations who return …
Other Translations
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness--a desolation.
The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;
Cross References
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard …
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant …
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage …
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall …
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of …
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, …
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the …