OET interlinear YIR (JER) 12:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard

(Some words not found in UHB: shepherds many destroyed vineyard_of,my trampled_down DOM portion_of,my made DOM field_of my_desire_of,my into,a_wilderness_of desolate )

Here Yahweh speaks of his land and his people being destroyed by armies as if they were a vineyard that shepherds had destroyed. Alternate translation: [My people and my land are like a vineyard that many shepherds have destroyed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Many shepherds have destroyed

(Some words not found in UHB: shepherds many destroyed vineyard_of,my trampled_down DOM portion_of,my made DOM field_of my_desire_of,my into,a_wilderness_of desolate )

Here the word “shepherds” refers to their sheep. Alternate translation: [Many shepherds have allowed their sheep to destroy]

(Occurrence 0) They have stomped all over

(Some words not found in UHB: shepherds many destroyed vineyard_of,my trampled_down DOM portion_of,my made DOM field_of my_desire_of,my into,a_wilderness_of desolate )

Alternate translation: [They have crushed under their feet]

(Occurrence 0) my portion of land

(Some words not found in UHB: shepherds many destroyed vineyard_of,my trampled_down DOM portion_of,my made DOM field_of my_desire_of,my into,a_wilderness_of desolate )

Alternate translation: [the ground I planted] or [my field]