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Jeremiah 6:3

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Enemy armies with their troops will come against her; they will set up their camps all around her; each army will destroy everything in their assigned area.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how enemy armies will surround Jerusalem like shepherds positioning their flocks, with each group systematically devastating their assigned section of the city.

📚 Historical Context

Jeremiah prophesied during the final decades before Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon in 586 BC. He warned that foreign armies would besiege the city because of Judah's unfaithfulness to God. The 'shepherds' metaphor was commonly used for rulers and military leaders in ancient Near Eastern literature.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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