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there will be no way to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the shepherds will have no way to flee, Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“There will be no sanctuary for the shepherds, Nor escape for the masters of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Flight shall perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Refuge will perish from the shepherds And escape from the mighty ones of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The shepherds will have no way to flee, Nor the masters of the flock any [way of] escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. * <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />There will be no place for the shepherds to flee, no escape for the leaders of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There will be no way for you to escape. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, as will be escape for the leaders of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And refuge has perished from the shepherds, "" And escape from the majestic of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And flight perished from the shepherds, and escaping from the chiefs of the flock.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And escape will flee from the shepherds, and safety will flee from the nobility of the flock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There is no flight for the shepherds, no escape for the leaders of the flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall not find the way to flee, nor shall the rams of the flock escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the place of escape of the Shepherds shall be cut off, and the escape of the rams of the sheep<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7643" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">The Cry of the Shepherds</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34</span>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. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4498.htm" title="4498: mā·nō·ws (N-ms) -- Flight, place of escape or refuge. From nuwc; a retreat; abstractly, a fleeing.">Flight</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: wə·’ā·ḇaḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">will evade</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: hā·rō·‘îm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">the shepherds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="6413: ū·p̄ə·lê·ṭāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- An escape. Or pletah; feminine of paliyt; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion.">and escape will elude</a> <a href="/hebrew/117.htm" title="117: mê·’ad·dî·rê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Majestic. From 'adar; wide or large; figuratively, powerful.">the leaders</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: haṣ·ṣōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">of the flock.</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-10.htm">Ezekiel 34:10</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Zechariah 11:3</a></span><br />Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Isaiah 13:14</a></span><br />Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Lamentations 2:6</a></span><br />He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-14.htm">Amos 2:14-16</a></span><br />Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. / The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life. / Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Hosea 4:5</a></span><br />You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-17.htm">Isaiah 24:17-18</a></span><br />Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. / Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15-16</a></span><br />The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. / The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a></span><br />What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Micah 2:3</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-13</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-35.htm">Luke 21:35-36</a></span><br />For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. / So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.</p><p class="hdg">the shepherds.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-4.htm">Jeremiah 32:4</a></b></br> And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/34-3.htm">Jeremiah 34:3</a></b></br> And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/38-18.htm">Jeremiah 38:18,23</a></b></br> But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand… </p><p class="hdg">nor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-44.htm">Jeremiah 48:44</a></b></br> He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, <i>even</i> upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/52-8.htm">Jeremiah 52:8-11,24-27</a></b></br> But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1-3</a></b></br> I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Noble</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Nowhere</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-3.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Principal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Refuge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Road</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-6.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-4.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-21.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-2.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Noble</a> <a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Nowhere</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Principal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Refuge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-21.htm">Road</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-37.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm">Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">foretells the seventy years' captivity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">and after that, the destruction of Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">The howling of the shepherds.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of shepherds is common in the Bible, often representing those in authority (<a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a>). The phrase indicates that these leaders will be unable to flee from the impending judgment that God is bringing upon them through the Babylonian invasion. This reflects the broader theme of divine retribution for failing to lead the people in righteousness and truth. The inability to escape signifies the certainty and inescapability of God's judgment.<p><b>and escape will elude the leaders of the flock</b><br>The leaders of the flock refer to the same group of people as the shepherds, emphasizing their role in guiding the nation. The term "flock" often represents the people of Israel (<a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7</a>). The use of "escape" being elusive underscores the totality of the coming disaster; no human wisdom or strategy can avert the divine decree. This echoes the warnings given by other prophets, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, about the consequences of disobedience and idolatry (<a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15-17</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15-18</a>). The leaders' failure to protect the flock is a type of Christ, the Good Shepherd, who lays down His life for the sheep (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>), contrasting human failure with divine faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Israel's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shepherds.htm">Shepherds</a></b><br>In this context, the shepherds symbolize the leaders of Judah, including kings, priests, and prophets, who were responsible for guiding the people spiritually and politically.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/leaders_of_the_flock.htm">Leaders of the Flock</a></b><br>This phrase refers to the same group as the shepherds, emphasizing their role in leading and protecting the people, who are metaphorically described as the flock.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment and exile due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event that Jeremiah prophesied, where the Babylonians would conquer Judah, leading to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, and the captivity of its people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_of_leaders.htm">Accountability of Leaders</a></b><br>Leaders are accountable to God for their actions and the spiritual well-being of those they lead. The failure of the shepherds in Jeremiah's time serves as a warning to all leaders today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent disobedience and failure to heed God's warnings lead to judgment. This is a call for repentance and turning back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite human failure, God's plans and purposes will prevail. He remains in control and will ultimately shepherd His people Himself.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>While human leaders may fail, Jesus, the Good Shepherd, provides perfect guidance and care for His flock.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_bad_leaders_go_unpunished.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2: How can God condemn 'shepherds' who mislead the flock while, historically, many oppressive leaders seem to go unpunished?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Flight</span><br /><span class="heb">מָנ֖וֹס</span> <span class="translit">(mā·nō·ws)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4498.htm">Strong's 4498: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flight, place of escape or refuge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will evade</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָבַ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the shepherds,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽרֹעִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rō·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and escape [will elude]</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפְלֵיטָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ə·lê·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm">Strong's 6413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, an escaped portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the leaders</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאַדִּירֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ad·dî·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_117.htm">Strong's 117: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wide, large, powerful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the flock.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּֽאן׃</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Jeremiah 25:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/25-35.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:35 The shepherds shall have no way (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>