Jeremiah 25:34-38

New International Version

³⁴ Weep and wail, you shepherds;^(A)
    roll^(B) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered^(C) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.^[a](D)
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
    the leaders of the flock no place to escape.^(E)
36 Hear the cry^(F) of the shepherds,^(G)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
³⁷ The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸ Like a lion^(H) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(I)
because of the sword^[b] of the oppressor^(J)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(K)