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Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

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ASV

Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

KJV

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵילִ֨ילוּhei.Li.luwailH3213 →
הָרֹעִ֜יםha.ro.'ImO shepherdsH7462 →
וְזַעֲק֗וּve.za.'a.Kuand cry outH2199 →
וְהִֽתְפַּלְּשׁוּ֙ve.hit.pa.le.Shuand roll in ashesH6428 →
אַדִּירֵ֣י'a.di.ReiO noble [ones] ofH117 →
הַצֹּ֔אןha.Tzonthe flockH6629 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מָלְא֥וּmal.'Uthey have been completedH4390 →
יְמֵיכֶ֖םye.mei.Khemdays yourH3117 →
לִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achto slaughterH2873 →
וּתְפוֹצ֣וֹתִיכֶ֔םu.te.fo.Tzo.ti.Khemand dispersions yourH8600 →
וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖םu.ne.fal.Temand you will fallH5307 →
כִּכְלִ֥יkikh.Lilike a vessel ofH3627 →
חֶמְדָּֽה׃chem.DahdesireH2532 →

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Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.Zechariah 10:3“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.Zephaniah 1:11Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.James 5:1–2Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”Jeremiah 4:8–9So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”Ezekiel 34:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;Ezekiel 27:30–31They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.Jeremiah 19:10–12Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,Jeremiah 25:12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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