Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 25:36
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
36. Cp. Zec 11:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That is, there shall be heard a great outcry of the princes and rulers, when they shall see how the Lord hath spoiled the cities in which, and their people upon which, they have lived, and amongst whom they were wont to feed securely.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And a voice of the cry of the shepherds,…. Or of the kings, as the Targum:
and an howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]; of the mighty of the people, as the same; what is before called for is here represented as in fact, because of the certainty of it:
for the Lord hath spoiled their pastures: their kingdoms, provinces, cities, and towns; or their people, as the Targum, among whom they lived, and by whom they were supported; still keeping up the metaphor of the shepherd and flock. This the Lord is said to do because he suffered it to be done, yea, ordered it to be done, as a punishment for their sins.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He not merely repeats the same thing in other words, but adds also something more grievous, that God would render desolate their pastures. He pursues the same metaphor; for as he used this comparison in speaking of the king’s counsellors and the priests, so now he does the same; and what he means by pastures is the community, the people, in the city and in the country; (154) as though he had said, that they had hitherto ruled over that land which was rich and fertile, and in which they enjoyed power and dignity, but that now they would be deprived of all these benefits. He afterwards adds, —
(154) So the Targ. renders the sentence, “For the Lord hath destroyed their people.” — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(36) A voice of the cry . . . shall be heard.Here again the insertion of the words in italics is a change for the worse, and reduces the dramatic vividness of the Hebrew to the tamest prose. The prophet speaks as if he actually heard the cry of the shepherdsi.e., the princesand the howling of the principal of the flocksi.e., of the captains under them. The work of spoiling was begun.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
Ver. 36. For the Lord hath spoiled their pastures, ] i.e., Their kingdoms and states, or their flocks.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 25:34, Jer 4:8
Reciprocal: Jer 30:5 – a voice Zep 1:14 – even
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 25:36. These terms are rather figurative, and all have reference to the leaders of the nation, such as the prophets and priests. They had been living for themselves and enjoying the pasture instead of leading the flock into it; now that pasture is to be taken from them.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Jer 25:36-38. A voice of the cry of the shepherds Those are great calamities indeed that strike such a terror upon great men, and put them into this mighty consternation. For the Lord hath spoiled their pasture In which they fed their flock, and out of which they fed themselves; the spoiling of this makes them cry out thus. Carrying on the metaphor of a lion roaring, the prophet alludes to the great fright into which shepherds are put when they hear a roaring lion coming toward them, and find that neither they nor their flocks can escape. And the peaceable habitations are cut down Those that used to be quiet and not molested, who had long dwelt in peace and safety, shall now be exposed to all the calamities of war, and shall be thereby destroyed; or, those that used to be peaceable, and not to molest any of their neighbours, nor give provocation to any, shall yet not escape. This is one of the direful effects of war, that even those that are most harmless and inoffensive, often suffer hard things. Blessed be God, there is a peaceable habitation above for all the sons of peace, which is out of the reach of fire and sword.