Jeremiah 25:34

Howl ye shepherds and make outcry, And roll in the dust ye illustrious of the flock, Because your days for being slaughtered, are fulfilled,—Therefore will I break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a precious vessel!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33Then shall the slain of Yahweh in that day, be from one end of the earth, even unto the other end of the earth,—They shall not be lamented, nor gathered together nor buried, As dung, on the face of the ground, shall they serve.

35Then shall place of refuge vanish from the shepherds, And escape from the illustrious of the flock.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:10and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,—and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:16And upon all the ships of Tarshish,—And upon all desirable banners.

Isaiah 30:14Yea he will break it—as the breaking of the pitcher of a potter, crushed, he will not spare; So that there shall not be found when it is smashed, A sherd wherewith to snatch fire from a hearth, Or to skim off water out of a cistern.

Isaiah 34:6A sword, hath Yahweh—Glutted with blood Sated with fat,—With the blood of well-fed lambs and he-goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams,—For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter in the land of Edom;

Jeremiah 4:8On this account, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl,—Because the glow of the anger of Yahweh hath not turned from us.

Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people Gird thee with sackcloth and roll thyself in ashes,—The mourning for an only son, make thou for thyself, Most bitter lamentation! For suddenly, shall the destroyer come upon us.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:31-38

General Desolation; Jeremiah's Faithful Preaching. ( b. c. 607.) 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that… Read the whole commentary →

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