Jeremiah 25:35 “Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of…”

Jeremiah 25:35

Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

World English Bible

The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.

American Standard Version

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the flight shall faile from the shepherdes, and the escaping from the principall of the flocke.

Darby Translation

And refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the noble ones of the flock.

Young's Literal Translation

And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

Bible in Basic English

There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.

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Cross references

“the shepherds, etc”

Job 11:20 Amos 2:14 Jeremiah 32:4 Jeremiah 34:3 Jeremiah 38:18 Jeremiah 38:23

Job 11:20 · BSB

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Amos 2:14 · BSB

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

Jeremiah 32:4 · BSB

Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

Jeremiah 34:3 · BSB

And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 38:18 · BSB

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”

Jeremiah 38:23 · BSB

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

“nor”

Jeremiah 48:44 Jeremiah 52:8–11 Jeremiah 52:24–27 Amos 9:1–3

Jeremiah 48:44 · BSB

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:8–11 · BSB

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

Jeremiah 52:24–27 · BSB

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Amos 9:1–3 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

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