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Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;
from The Cry of the Shepherds, Jeremiah 25:34-38
What it says

The shepherds are told to wail and roll in ashes because their time for slaughter and scattering has arrived.

What it is doing

This verse opens the final oracle against the leaders of the peoples.

In context

34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; 35Flight will evade the shepherds, 36Hear the cry of the shepherds, 37The peaceful meadows have been silenced 38He has left His den like a lion,