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Jeremiah 25:35

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

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וְאָבַ֥דveavadand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.מָנ֖וֹסmanosescapeמָנוֹסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “escape”, the ordinary formH4498a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing[idiom] apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָֽרֹעִ֑יםharoimthe companionרָעָהdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the companion”, a verb used as a describing wordH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.וּפְלֵיטָ֖הufeleytahand deliveranceפְּלֵיטָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and deliverance”, the ordinary formH6413deliverance; concretely, an escaped portiondeliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.מֵאַדִּירֵ֥יmeadirefrom excellentאַדִּירpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “from excellent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH117wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerfulexcellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.הַצֹּֽאןhatsonthe flockצֹאןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the flock”, the ordinary formH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Young’s Literal Translation

And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

World English Bible

The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.

Darby Translation

And refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the noble ones of the flock.

Douay-Rheims

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)