Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleMany shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. Young's Literal Translation Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness—a desolation. King James Bible Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Hebrew Manyרַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great shepherds רֹעִ֤ים (rō·‘îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with have destroyed שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ (ši·ḥă·ṯū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin My vineyard; כַרְמִ֔י (ḵar·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard they have trampled בֹּסְס֖וּ (bō·sə·sū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 947: To tread down, trample My plot of land. חֶלְקָתִ֑י (ḥel·qā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment They have turned נָֽתְנ֛וּ (nā·ṯə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set My pleasant חֶמְדָּתִ֖י (ḥem·dā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2532: Desire, delight field חֶלְקַ֥ת (ḥel·qaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment into a desolate שְׁמָמָֽה׃ (šə·mā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8077: Devastation, astonishment wasteland. לְמִדְבַּ֥ר (lə·miḏ·bar) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech |