Discovery BoxJeremiah 12:10 
Context12:10 Many foreign rulers 1 will ruin the land where I planted my people. 2
They will trample all over my chosen land. 3
They will turn my beautiful land
into a desolate wasteland.
Jeremiah 33:15
Context33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant 4 of David.
“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
1 tn Heb “Many shepherds.” For the use of the term “shepherd” as a figure for rulers see the notes on 10:21.
2 tn Heb “my vineyard.” To translate literally would presuppose an unlikely familiarity of this figure on the part of some readers. To translate as “vineyards” as some do would be misleading because that would miss the figurative nuance altogether.
sn The figure of Israel as God’s vine and the land as God’s vineyard is found several times in the Bible. The best known of these is the extended metaphor in Isa 5:1-7. This figure also appears in Jer 2:20.
3 tn Heb “my portion.”
4 tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”
sn For the meaning of this term and its significance in biblical prophecy see the study note on 23:5.
