Jeremiah 25:34
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 25 connects to 10 cross-references. A summary at the twenty-third year of Jeremiah's ministry: they have not listened and will serve Babylon seventy years. After seventy years Babylon will be punished. God holds the cup of wrath for the nations to drink: all the kings …
Other Translations
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.
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and <FI>for<Fi> your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.
Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.
Cross References
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the …
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on …
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not …
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! …
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of …
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage …
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back …
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, …