Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 6:3

3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about ; they shall feed every one in his place.

The Prophet here proceeds in his Metaphor and possibly the rather, because he chuseth to speak in the stile of his own education, which may also give some countenance to the supplement of Pasture, or land in the former verse instead of woman, the meaning is the Chaldean Princes, with their Armies, as so many flocks, shall come into this pleasant land; see chap. 12.10. in which expression there is something of a Scoff, as chap. 4.16, 17.

They shall so place their warlike Tents, as to form a siege to begirt her round, chap. 1.15. Ezek. 4.2.

Heb. hand. i. e. near hand, or beside, or near one another; thus 2 Chron. 21.16. and Job 1.14. thus hand is taken for place i. e. each one in his quarter or station, not a man, but shall do his part, and shall be skilful, and powerful to destroy wherever he comes: it intimates also that every thing shall be so much at the enemies own disposal, that they shall be able to chuse their own quarters, they shall place their army in wings and Troops, and Regiments, as they see good, to their best advantage, to be helpful one unto another, as shepherds are wont to do their flocks; or, they shall fight in several parties, and each destroy his part assigned him through the whole Country, and they shall joyn as it were in one body against Jerusalem.