English Standard Version
Jeremiah 25:34
34"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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Weep and moan, you evil shepherds! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! The time of your slaughter has arrived; you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.
Context of Jeremiah 25:34
32"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! 33"And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground. "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. 35No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. 36A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:34 word by word
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 who cut the corners of their hair;
- Jeremiah 4:8For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us."
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 48:26"Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
- Ezekiel 27:30and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
- Ezekiel 34:17"As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.
- Jeremiah 25:12Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
- Jeremiah 27:7All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
- Jeremiah 51:20"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 33:1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
- Jeremiah 19:10"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
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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