World English Bible
Jeremiah 6:3
“Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 6
1
Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
2
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
3
Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.
4
Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
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