Jeremiah 10:21 New English Translation
21 For our leaders[a] are stupid.
They have not sought the Lord’s advice.[b]
So they do not act wisely,
and the people they are responsible for[c] have all been scattered.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:21 tn Heb “the shepherds.”
- Jeremiah 10:21 tn Heb “They have not sought the Lord.”sn The idiom translated sought the Lord’s advice quite commonly refers to seeking the Lord’s guidance through a prophet. See for example Exod 18:15; 1 Sam 9:9; 1 Kgs 22:8. It would not exclude consulting the law.
- Jeremiah 10:21 tn Heb “all their flock (or “pasturage”).”sn This verse uses the figure of shepherds for rulers, and that of sheep for the people ruled. It is a common figure in the Bible. See Ezek 34 for an extended development of this metaphor.
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