Study it in the app“The sound of the wailing of the shepherds, for their splendor has been devastated; the sound of the roaring of young lions, for the thicket of the Jordan has been devastated.”
The soundקוֹלof the wailingיִלְלַתof the shepherds,הָרֹעִיםforכִּיtheir splendorאַדַּרְתָּםhas been devastated;שֻׁדְּדָהthe soundקוֹלof the roaringשַׁאֲגַתof young lions,כְּפִירִיםforכִּיthe thicketגְּאוֹןof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןhas been devastated.שֻׁדַּד
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appearshowling, wail
A howling, a wail of grief.
Where else “yillat” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appearssplendor
Something magnificent, glorious.
Where else “adarta” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudda” appearsroaring, groaning
A roar, like a lion's; also the loud groan of a person in distress.
Where else “shaagat” appearsyoung lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “kefirim” appearsthicket
The dense brush by the Jordan.
Where else “geon” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears“Splendor”: the Hebrew word also means “mantle” (13:4); here it can be understood as the richness of their pastures.
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the nobles have been devastated. Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has come down.
3 · This verse (above)
4Thus says YHWH my Elohim: “Shepherd the sheep of slaughter,
