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A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
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Judgment on Corrupt Leaders
Commentators agree that the "shepherds" and "young lions" represent the nation's leaders—both civil rulers and religious authorities. Their "wailing" and "roaring" signify God's judgment upon them for their corruption and tyranny. Their power, wealth, and status ("their glory") are being utterly destroyed.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A voice of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled - This echoes from Jeremiah before the captivity: Howl, you shepherd…
19th Century
Anglican
Here, as in Zechariah 9:1-8, we have an intimation of an invasion of the land of Israel from the north; only, whereas in the former case Philistia,…
Baptist
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all …
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16th Century
Protestant
This Chapter contains severe threats, by which God intended to warn the Jews in due time. His purpose was that if there was any hope of repentance,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds Which may be understood either of the civil rulers among the Jews…
In figurative expressions, that destruction of Jerusalem, and of the Jewish church and nation, is foretold, which our Lord Jesus, when the time was…
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