Jeremiah 10:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Young's Literal Translation
For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.

King James Bible
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the shepherds
הָֽרֹעִ֔ים (hā·rō·‘îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

have become senseless
נִבְעֲרוּ֙ (niḇ·‘ă·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

seek
דָרָ֑שׁוּ (ḏā·rā·šū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

the LORD.
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they have not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

prospered,
הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ (hiś·kî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

and all their
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

flock
מַרְעִיתָ֖ם (mar·‘î·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4830: A pasturing, shepherding, pasturage

is scattered.
נָפֽוֹצָה׃ (nā·p̄ō·w·ṣāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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