Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 6:3

"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." — Jeremiah 6:3 (ASV)

Shall come to her. —Better, To it (that is, the pasture) shall come shepherds with their flocks—that is, the leaders and the armies of the invaders. The other verbs are in the past tense, the future being seen, as it were, realized, They have pitched, they have pastured.

Every one in his place. —Literally, each on his hand, or perhaps, “they shall feed, each his hand,” that is, shall let it rove in plunder at will by the side of his own tent. The work of plunder was to go on everywhere. The imagery is drawn from the attack of a nomadic tribe on a richly-cultivated plain.