Jeremiah 25:36

Christian Standard Bible ®

Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry,the wail of the leaders of the flock,for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for the LORD lays waste their pasture.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
"Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the LORD is destroying their pasture,

New Century Version
I hear the sound of the leaders shouting. I hear the leaders of the people crying loudly, because the Lord is destroying their land.

Amplified Bible
"A voice! The cry of the shepherds And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the LORD is destroying their pasture,

World English Bible
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A voyce of the crye of the shepherdes, and an howling of the principall of the flocke shalbe heard: for the Lord hath destroyed their pasture.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds,And the wailing of the mighty ones of the flock!For Yahweh is destroying their pasture,

Berean Standard Bible
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

Contemporary English Version
Listen to the cries of the shepherds,

Complete Jewish Bible
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wails of the lords of the flock! For Adonai is destroying their pasture,

Darby Translation
There shall be a voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the noble ones of the flock: for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture;

Easy-to-Read Version
I hear the shepherds shouting. I hear the leaders of the sheep crying, because the Lord is destroying their pastures.

George Lamsa Translation
A voice of the cry of shepherds, and the bleating of the rams of the flock shall be heard; for the LORD has plundered their flocks.

Good News Translation
You moan and cry out in distress because the Lord in his anger has destroyed your nation and left your peaceful country in ruins.

Lexham English Bible
A sound, the cry of distress of the shepherds and the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for Yahweh is despoiling their pasture.

Literal Translation
The sound of the cry of the shepherds, and the howling from the leaders of the flock will be heard . For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly, and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne: for the LORDE shal consume their pasture,

American Standard Version
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

Bible in Basic English
A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For the LORD despoileth their pasture.

King James Version (1611)
A voyce of the cry of the shepheards, and an howling of the principall of the flocke shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall the sheepheardes crye horribly, and the rammes of the flocke shall mourne: for the Lorde hath consumed their pasture,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will bring upon Ælam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come—even the outcasts of Ælam.

English Revised Version
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the howling of the principal of the flock! for the LORD layeth waste their pasture.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The vois of the crye of scheepherdis, and the yellyng of the principals of the floc, for the Lord hath wastid the lesewis of hem.

Update Bible Version
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.

Webster's Bible Translation
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath laid waste their pasture.

New English Translation
Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the Lord is about to destroy their lands.

New King James Version
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,

New Living Translation
Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair, for the Lord is ruining their pastures.

New Life Bible
Listen to the cry of the shepherds and the loud cry of the leaders of the flock! For the Lord is destroying their field.

New Revised Standard
Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The voice of the outcry of the shepherds! Yea the howling of the illustrious of the flock! - Because Yahweh is laying waste the grounds where they fed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock: because the Lord hath wasted their pastures.

Revised Standard Version
Hark, the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is despoiling their pasture,

Young's Literal Translation
A voice [is] of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the LORD is destroying their pasture,

Contextual Overview

³⁰“As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them: ³¹The tumult reaches to the ends of the earthbecause the Lord brings a case against the nations.He enters into judgment with all people.As for the wicked, he hands them over to the sword— ³²“This is what the Lord of Armies says: 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. 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. 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.³⁷Peaceful grazing land will become lifelessbecause of the Lord’s burning anger. ³⁸He has left his den like a lion,for their land has become a desolationbecause of the sword of the oppressor,because of his burning anger.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 25:34, Jeremiah 4:8

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 30:5 - a voice Zephaniah 1:14 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And a voice of the cry of the shepherds,.... Or of the kings, as the Targum:

and an howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]; of the mighty of the people, as the same; what is before called for is here represented as in fact, because of the certainty of it:

for the Lord hath spoiled their pastures: their kingdoms, provinces, cities, and towns; or their people, as the Targum, among whom they lived, and by whom they were supported; still keeping up the metaphor of the shepherd and flock. This the Lord is said to do because he suffered it to be done, yea, ordered it to be done, as a punishment for their sins.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.