Jeremiah 25:36
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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
A voice{H6963} of the cry{H6818} of the shepherds,{H7462} and the wailing{H3215} of the principal{H117} of the flock!{H6629} for Jehovah{H3068} layeth waste{H7703} their pasture.{H4830}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
A voice{H6963} of the cry{H6818} of the shepherds{H7462}{(H8802)}, and an howling{H3215} of the principal{H117} of the flock{H6629}, shall be heard: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoiled{H7703}{(H8802)} their pasture{H4830}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly, and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne: for the LORDE shal consume their pasture,
Geneva Bible (1560)
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.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Then shall the sheepheardes crye horribly, and the rammes of the flocke shall mourne: for the Lorde hath consumed their pasture,
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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 (1862/1898)
A voice `is' of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.
American Standard Version (1901)
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.
NET Bible® (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.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 4:8 : 8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
- Jer 25:34 : 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Jer 25:34-352 verses90%
34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
- Zech 11:2-54 verses85%
2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.
3 There is the sound of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. The sound of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.
4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.
5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.
- Jer 25:37-382 verses83%
37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 He has forsaken His shelter, like a lion; for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of His fierce anger.
- Jer 23:1-22 verses81%
1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.
- Ezek 34:5-106 verses81%
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;
9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
- Zech 11:15-173 verses81%
15 The LORD said to me, Take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.
16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.
17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.
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21 For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
- Joel 1:18-192 verses80%
18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
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6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.
- Ezek 34:2-32 verses77%
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.
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10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
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45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall drag them out: surely he shall make their dwelling desolate with them.
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4 And I will set shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking, says the LORD.
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7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
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12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall be a habitation for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
- Zech 10:2-32 verses76%
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.
3 My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats. For the LORD of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and has made them like his noble horse in battle.
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17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
- Jer 12:10-123 verses75%
10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no one lays it to heart.
12 The destroyers have come upon all the high places in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD shall devour from one end of the land even to the other end of the land; no flesh shall have peace.
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10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.
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4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people; how has he removed it from me! Turning away, he has divided our fields.
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3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.
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3 A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.
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30 Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall mightily roar upon His dwelling place; He shall give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
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27 Slay all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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20 Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
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4 For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like a lion and the young lion roaring over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor humble himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.
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19 And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.
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22 Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
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6 And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.
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17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
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18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no one gathers them.