Jeremiah 10:20

Jeremiah 10:20

18 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will ^athrow out at this time
The inhabitants of the land,
And will distress them,
^bThat they may find it so.”

19 ^aWoe is me for my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I say, ^b“Truly this is an infirmity,
And ^cI must bear it.”

20 ^aMy tent is plundered,
And all my cords are broken;
My children have gone from me,
And they are ^bno more.
There is no one to pitch my tent anymore,
Or set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be ^ascattered.

22 Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the ^anorth country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a ^bden of jackals.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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tabernacle is spoiled—metaphor from the tents of nomadic life; as these are taken down in a few moments, so as not to leave a vestige of them, so Judea (Jeremiah 4:20).

cords—with which the coverings of the tent are extended.

curtains—tent-curtains.

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