King James Version
Jeremiah 10:21 in the King James Version says “For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.”
Jeremiah 10:21 · KJV
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For the pastors”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and have not sought”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“therefore they shall not prosper”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“shall be scattered”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
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