Jeremiah 25:35
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New International Version (©2011)
The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape.

New Living Translation (©2007)
You will find no place to hide; there will be no way to escape.

English Standard Version (©2001)
No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, as will be escape for the leaders of the flock.

NET Bible (©2006)
The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
There will be no place for the shepherds to flee, no escape for the leaders of the flock.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

American King James Version
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

American Standard Version
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves.

Darby Bible Translation
And refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the noble ones of the flock.

English Revised Version
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

World English Bible
The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Young's Literal Translation
And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:30-38 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, there is a peaceable habitation above, for all the sons of peace. The Lord will preserve his church and all believers in all changes; for nothing can separate them from his love.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee,.... Or, "and flight shall perish from the shepherds" (u); though they may attempt it, they shall not be able to accomplish it; neither the dignity of their persons, the greatness of their power, or the abundance of their riches, would make a way for them; their enemies being so numerous, powerful, and watchful:

nor the principal of the flock to escape; this was particularly verified in Zedekiah and his princes, Jeremiah 39:4. The Targum is,

"and the house of fugitives shall perish from the kings, and deliverance from the mighty of the people.''

(u) "et peribit fuga a pastoribus", V. L. "effugiumperibit", Schmidt; "perfugium", Cocceius.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

35. Literally, "Flight shall fail the shepherds … escaping (shall fail) the principal," &c. (Am 2:14). The leaders will be the first objects for slaughter; escape by flight will be out of their power.

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The Cry of the Shepherds
34Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has spoiled their pasture. …

Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."
Psalm 142:4 Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
Jeremiah 25:36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
Amos 2:14 The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.