Jeremiah

Jeremiah 25:34–36

³⁴Wail, 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.^f

³⁵Flight will evade the shepherds,

and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

³⁶Hear the cry of the shepherds,

the wailing of the leaders of the flock,

for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

Footnotes

f 25:34 Hebrew; LXX you will fall like the best of the rams

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Jeremiah 25:34

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Wail	הֵילִ֨ילוּ	hê·lî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H3213 howl, make a howling
you shepherds	הָרֹעִ֜ים	hā·rō·‘îm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
and cry out	וְזַעֲק֗וּ	wə·za·‘ă·qū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H2199 cry, cry out, call
roll in the dust	וְהִֽתְפַּלְּשׁוּ֙	wə·hiṯ·pal·lə·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural	H6428 act of mourning
you leaders	אַדִּירֵ֣י	’ad·dî·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H117 majestic
of the flock	הַצֹּ֔אן	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the days	יְמֵיכֶ֖ם	yə·mê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H3117 day
of your slaughter	לִטְב֑וֹחַ	liṭ·ḇō·w·aḥ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2873 slaughter, butcher, slay
have come	מָלְא֥וּ	mā·lə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4390 be full, fill
you will fall	וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם	ū·nə·p̄al·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H5307 fall, lie
and be shattered	וּתְפוֹצ֣וֹתִיכֶ֔ם	ū·ṯə·p̄ō·w·ṣō·w·ṯî·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H8600 dispersal
like fine	חֶמְדָּֽה׃	ḥem·dāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2532 id.
pottery	כִּכְלִ֥י	kiḵ·lî	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3627 article, utensil, vessel

Jeremiah 25:35

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Flight	מָנ֖וֹס	mā·nō·ws	Noun - masculine singular	H4498 flight.
will evade	וְאָבַ֥ד	wə·’ā·ḇaḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6 perish
the shepherds	הָֽרֹעִ֑ים	hā·rō·‘îm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
and escape	וּפְלֵיטָ֖ה	ū·p̄ə·lê·ṭāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H6413 escape
the leaders	מֵאַדִּירֵ֥י	mê·’ad·dî·rê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H117 majestic
of the flock	הַצֹּֽאן׃	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

Jeremiah 25:36

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Hear the	ק֚וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular	H6963 sound, voice
cry	צַעֲקַ֣ת	ṣa·‘ă·qaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6818 cry, outcry
of the shepherds	הָֽרֹעִ֔ים	hā·rō·‘îm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
the wailing	וִֽילְלַ֖ת	wî·lə·laṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3215 howling
of the leaders	אַדִּירֵ֣י	’ad·dî·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H117 majestic
of the flock	הַצֹּ֑אן	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
is destroying	שֹׁדֵ֥ד	šō·ḏêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
their pasture	מַרְעִיתָֽם׃	mar·‘î·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H4830 pasturing, shepherding, pasturage

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