Discovery BoxJeremiah 10:21 
Context10:21 For our leaders 1 are stupid.
They have not sought the Lord’s advice. 2
So they do not act wisely,
and the people they are responsible for 3 have all been scattered.
Jeremiah 26:21
Context26:21 When the king and all his bodyguards 4 and officials heard what he was prophesying, 5 the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear. 6
1 tn Heb “the shepherds.”
2 tn Heb “They have not sought the
sn The idiom translated sought the
3 tn Heb “all their flock (or “pasturage”).”
sn This verse uses the figure of rulers as shepherds and the people they ruled as sheep. It is a common figure in the Bible. See Ezek 34 for an extended development of this metaphor.
4 tn Heb “all his mighty men/soldiers.” It is unlikely that this included all the army. It more likely was the palace guards or royal bodyguards (see 2 Sam 23 where the same word is used of David’s elite corps).
5 tn Heb “his words.”
6 tn Heb “But Uriah heard and feared and fled and entered Egypt.”
