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Forכִּיthe shepherdsהָרֹעִיםhave become dull,נִבְעֲרוּand YHWHוְ יְהוָהthey have notלֹאsought;דָרָשׁוּthereforeעַל כֵּןthey have notלֹאprospered,הִשְׂכִּילוּand allוְכָלtheir flockמַרְעִיתָםis scattered.נָפוֹצָה
Jeremiah 10:21
Study it in the app“For the shepherds have become dull, and YHWH they have not sought; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:21, word by word
- the shepherdsרֹעִיםroim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appears- have become dullנִבְעֲרוּnivaru
be dull
Another word spelled the same: to be stupid, brutish.
Where else “nivaru” appears- and YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- soughtדָרָשׁוּdarashu
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “darashu” appears- prosperedהִשְׂכִּילוּhiskilu
succeed
For what one undertakes to turn out well.
Where else “hiskilu” appears- their flockמַרְעִיתָmarita
flock
The set of sheep a shepherd tends.
Where else “marita” appears- is scatteredנָפוֹצָהnafotsa
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “nafotsa” appears
The context
20My tent is devastated, and all my cords are snapped; my children have gone out from me, and they are not; there is no one stretching out my tent anymore, or setting up my curtains.
21 · This verse (above)
22The sound of a report! Look, it comes, and a great commotion from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.