Jeremiah 25:36

Jeremiah 25:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
• New King James Version (NKJV)A voice of the cry of the shepherds, And a wailing of the leaders to the flock will be heard. For the Lord has plundered their pasture,

Context of Jeremiah 25:36

34You leaders should have been like shepherds to take care of my people. But now it is time for you to weep! Roll on the ground in the dust! The time of your death has arrived. You will lie on the ground, like pieces of a broken pot. 35The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of my people will not escape. Listen to the leaders as they weep! The Lord's people were like their sheep. Now the shepherds are weeping loudly, because the Lord is destroying their fields. 37The Lord will completely destroy the fields where the sheep quietly ate the grass. He will do that because he is very angry. 38The Lord will come out, like a lion that comes out of its cave. He will make their land a terrible place. Cruel armies will destroy the land, because of the Lord's great anger.’

Jeremiah 25:36 word by word

ק֚וֹל צַעֲקַ֣ת הָֽרֹעִ֔ים וִֽילְלַ֖ת אַדִּירֵ֣י הַצֹּ֑אן כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מַרְעִיתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the cryצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• of the shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• and an howlingיְלָלָהyelâlâh · wailingH3215
• of the principalאַדִּיר'addîyr · greatH117
• of the flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• their pastureמַרְעִיתmir‛îyth · pasturingH4830

Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:36

• Jeremiah 25:34You leaders should have been like shepherds to take care of my people. But now it is time for you to weep! Roll on the ground in the dust! The time of your death has arrived. You will lie on the ground, like pieces of a broken pot.
• Jeremiah 4:8So wear rough sackcloth! Weep and cry aloud. Say, “The Lord is still very angry with us.” ’

Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:36

• 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. 36destroying their pasture: The nations led by wicked leaders (Jeremiah 25:34) would be destroyed because the Lord would carry out his judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. fourth year of Jehoiakim--called the third year in Da 1:1. But probably Jehoiakim was set on the throne by Pharaoh-necho on his return from Carchemish about July, whereas Nebuchadnezzar mounted the throne January 21, 604 B.C.; so that Nebuchadnezzar's first year was partly the third, partly the fourth, of Jehoiakim's. Here first Jeremiah gives specific dates. Nebuchadnezzar had previously entered Judea in the reign of his father Nabopolassar.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 25:36

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sin

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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