Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
35. And the shepherds, etc. ] For the idiom in mg. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from, etc., cp. Job 11:20 mg.; Psa 142:4 (Hebrews 5); Amo 2:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In ordinary dispensations of judgment, there is some way left to escape, and if there be any way of escape, great men are likeliest to find it; but he telleth them that the greatest men should find no way to flee from or escape this terrible dispensation of God.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
35. Literally, “Flightshall fail the shepherds . . . escaping (shall fail) the principal,”c. (Am 2:14). The leaders willbe the first objects for slaughter escape by flight will be out oftheir power.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee,…. Or, “and flight shall perish from the shepherds” u; though they may attempt it, they shall not be able to accomplish it; neither the dignity of their persons, the greatness of their power, or the abundance of their riches, would make a way for them; their enemies being so numerous, powerful, and watchful:
nor the principal of the flock to escape; this was particularly verified in Zedekiah and his princes, Jer 39:4. The Targum is,
“and the house of fugitives shall perish from the kings, and deliverance from the mighty of the people.”
u “et peribit fuga a pastoribus”, V. L. “effugiumperibit”, Schmidt; “perfugium”, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He explains what we have now observed, for he had bidden the pastors to howl and the choice of the flock to roll or to prostrate themselves in the dust; he now gives the reason, even because they could not preserve their lives, no, not by an ignominious flight. It is indeed very miserable, when any one cannot otherwise secure his life than by seeking exile, where he must be poor, and needy, and despised; but even this is denied by the Prophet to the king and his counsellors, as well as to the rich through the whole city and the whole land: Perish, he says, shall flight from them. This mode of speaking is common in Hebrew:
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Flight,” says David, “has perished from me,” (Psa 142:5😉
that is, I find no way of escape. So here, Perish shall flight; that is, while looking here and there in order to escape from danger, they shall be so shut up on every side, that they shall necessarily fall a prey to their enemies. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
Ver. 35. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee. ] Who had formerly divers strongholds. See Amo 2:14 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the shepherds: etc. Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc. Jer 32:4, Jer 34:3, Jer 38:18, Jer 38:23, Job 11:20, Isa 2:12-22, Isa 24:21-23, Eze 17:15, Eze 17:18, Dan 5:30, Amo 2:14, Amo 9:1, Rev 6:14-17, Rev 19:19-21
nor: Jer 48:44, Jer 52:8-11, Jer 52:24-27, Amo 9:1-3
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 25:35. The whole nation was destined to suffer When the captivity came but the shepherds (leaders) were condemned more severely.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
25:35 And the {b} shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape.
(b) It will not help them to seek to flee.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The leaders would not be able to escape the judgment, but they would weep and wail over their fate. They would bewail the fact that Yahweh was destroying their nations in His fierce anger (cf. Rev 16:8-11).