Jeremiah 25:36
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New International Version (©2011)
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair, for the LORD is ruining their pastures.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 (©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,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hear the sound of the shepherds' cry, the wail of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

International Standard Version (©2012)
A sound—it's the cry of the shepherds and the scream of the leaders of the flock— because the LORD is destroying their pastures.

NET Bible (©2006)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The shepherds are crying and the leaders of the flock are mourning because the LORD is stripping their pasture.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.

American 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 has spoiled 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.

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

Darby Bible 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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 36, 37. - The prophet seems in his spirit to hear the lamentation to which in ver. 34 he summoned the "shepherds." A voice of the cry should be, Hark I the cry (omitting "shall be heard"); the clause is an exclamation. Hath spoiled; rather, is spoiling (or, laying waste). The peaceable habitations; rather, the peaceful fields (or, pastures). Are cut down; rather, are destroyed; literally, are brought to silence (comp. Jeremiah 9:10).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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.

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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.

Jeremiah 18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 25:35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape.
Jeremiah 25:37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste because of the fierce anger of the LORD.