Bible verse
Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
Jeremiah 25:35 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 25.
31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
32 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
34 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.
35 Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
38 He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
KJV
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
ASV
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
ERV
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
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