Tell me, you whom I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
Jeremiah 33:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this desolate place #– #without people or animals #– #and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be dwellings and pastures of shepherds resting their flocks. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Common English Bible The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: This wasteland, without humans or animals—and all its towns—will again become pastures for shepherds to care for their flocks. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Still shall there be in this place, (which is desolate without man and without beast,) and in all of its cities: a habitation for the shepherds giving rest to their flocks. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall be again in this place that is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. |
Tell me, you whom I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
Then people will come from the cities of Judah and from the area around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the Judean foothills, from the hill country and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thanksgiving sacrifices to the house of the Lord.
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the Lord’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
Judah and all its cities will live in it together #– #also farmers and those who move with the flocks #– #
For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
You are to proclaim concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, “This is what the Lord says: You have burned the scroll, asking, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without people or animals? ’
My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place.
Say, “Lord, you have threatened to cut off this place so that no one will live in it #– #people or animals. Indeed, it will remain desolate for ever.”
They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.’
‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses, while this house lies in ruins? ’