96 Heb “their pastures,” i.e., the place where they “shepherd” their “flocks.” The verb tenses in this section are not as clear as in the preceding. The participle in this verse is followed by a vav consecutive perfect like the imperatives in v. 34. The verbs in v. 38 are perfects but they can be and probably should be understood as prophetic like the perfect in v. 31 (נְתָנָם, nétanam) which is surrounded by imperfects, participles, and vav consecutive perfects. Jer 25:36–38 shifts to the future as though the action were already accomplished or going on. It is the sound that Jeremiah hears in his “prophetic ears” of something that has begun (v. 29) but will find its culmination in the future (vv. 13, 16, 27, 30–35).
97 For this meaning of the verb used here see דָּמַם Nif. Elsewhere it refers to people dying (see, e.g., Jer 49:26; 50:30) hence some see a reference to “lifeless.”
98 Heb “because of the burning anger of the Lord.”

In other versions

A voice—the cry of the shepherds,

and the wail of the lords of the flock!

For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,

and the peaceful folds are devastated

because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Hear the cry of the shepherds,

the wailing of the leaders of the flock,

for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

The peaceful meadows will be laid waste

because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry,

the wail of the leaders of the flock,

for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless

because of the Lord’s burning anger.

Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds.

The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair,

for the Lord is ruining their pastures.

Peaceful meadows will be turned into a wasteland

by the Lord’s fierce anger.

A sound, the cry of distress of the shepherds

and the wailing of the leaders of the flock,

for Yahweh is despoiling their pasture.

And the peaceful settlements are devastated

because of the burning anger of Yahweh.

A voice of the cry of the shepherds,

And an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard:

For the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

And the peaceable habitations are cut down

Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

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