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Jeremiah 25:34
34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
Jeremiah 25:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
- New International Version (NIV)Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall like the best of the rams.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Wail, shepherds, and cry! Roll about in the ashes, You leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; You shall fall like a precious vessel.
Context of Jeremiah 25:34
32“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Pay attention! Disaster spreads from nation to nation. A huge storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth.” 33Those slain by the Lord on that day will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the soil’s surface. Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase. 35Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock. 36Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry, the wail of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
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הֵילִ֨ילוּ הָרֹעִ֜ים וְזַעֲק֗וּ וְהִֽתְפַּלְּשׁוּ֙ אַדִּירֵ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן כִּֽי־מָלְא֥וּ יְמֵיכֶ֖ם לִטְב֑וֹחַ וּתְפוֹצ֣וֹתִיכֶ֔ם וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם כִּכְלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
- ye shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
- and cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
- and wallowפָּלַשׁpâlash · to wallowH6428
- ye principalאַדִּיר'addîyr · greatH117
- of the flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- for the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of your slaughterטָבַחţâbach · to slaughterH2873
- and of your dispersionsתְּפוֹצָהtephôtsâh · dispersionH8600
- are accomplishedמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- and ye shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- like a pleasantחֶמְדָּהchemdâh · desireH2532
- vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:34
- Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who clip the hair on their temples;
- Jeremiah 4:8Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
- Jeremiah 6:26My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
- Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Ezekiel 27:30Because of you, they raise their voices and cry out bitterly. They throw dust on their heads; they roll in ashes.
- Ezekiel 34:17“‘As for you, my flock, the Lord God says this: Look, I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and goats.
- Jeremiah 25:12When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin forever.
- Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
- Jeremiah 51:20You are my war club, my weapons of war. With you I will smash nations; with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.
- Isaiah 10:12But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”
- Isaiah 33:1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
- Lamentations 4:21So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you resident of the land of Uz! Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- Jeremiah 19:10“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people going with you,
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot, a jar no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they have not known?
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Howl, ye shepherds - Ye kings and chiefs of the people. Ye shall fall like a pleasant tresses - As a fall will break and utterly ruin a precious vessel of crystal, agate, etc., so your overthrow will be to you irreparable ruin.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-36Verses 34-36 Principal of the flock - i. e., noble ones. Wallow yourselves in the ashes - Rather, roll yourselves on the ground. For - Read; “for your days for being slaughtered are accomplished, and I will scatter you” (or, (dash you in pieces). Fall like a pleasant vessel - The comparison suggests the idea of change from a thing of value into worthless fragments. Jeremiah 25:36 Hath spoiled - Or, spoileth.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling when God speaks in displeasure? The days are fully come; the time fixed in the Divine counsels, which will make the nations wholly desolate. The tender and delicate shall share the common calamity. Even those who used to live in peace, and did nothing to provoke, shall not escape. Blessed be God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-35The earth's cruel leaders (shepherds) were harsh rulers of the nations. roll in the dust: This is a sign of distress.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. shepherds--princes (Jr 22:22). Here he returns to the Jews and their rulers, using the same image as in Jr 25:30, "pasture" (see on Jr 25:30). wallow yourselves--Cover yourselves as thickly with ashes, in token of sorrow, as one who rolls in them (Jr 6:26; Eze 27:30) [Maurer]. principal--leaders. The Septuagint translates "rams," carrying out the image (compare Is 14:9, Margin; Zec 10:3). days of your slaughter ... of ... dispersions--rather, "your…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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