31 The words “people of Jerusalem” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of the imperative. The imperative is feminine singular and it is generally agreed that personified Zion/Jerusalem is in view. The second feminine singular has commonly been applied to Jerusalem or the people of Judah throughout the book. The reference to allies (v. 20, 22) and to leaders (v. 22) make it very probable that this is the case here too. For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
32 Heb “from Abarim.” This was the mountain range in Moab from which Moses viewed the promised land (cf. Deut 32:49).
33 Heb “your lovers.” For the usage of this term to refer to allies see 30:14 and a semantically similar term in 4:30. If the passages in this section are chronologically ordered, this refers to the help that Jehoiakim relied on when he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
34 Heb “I spoke to you in your security.” The reference is to the sending of the prophets. Compare this context with the context of 7:25. For the nuance “security” for this noun (שַׁלְוָה, shalvah) rather than “prosperity” as many translate see Pss 122:7; 30:6 and the related adjective (שָׁלֵו, shalev) in Jer 49:31; Job 16:2; 21:23.
35 Heb “from your youth.” Compare the usage in 2:2; 3:24 and compare a similar idea in 7:25.
36 Heb “A wind will shepherd away all your shepherds.” The figures have all been interpreted in the translation for the sake of clarity. For the use of the word “wind” as a metaphor or simile for God’s judgment (using the enemy forces) see 4:11–12; 13:24; 18:17. For the use of the word “shepherd” to refer to rulers/leaders 2:8; 10:21; and 23:1–4. For the use of the word “shepherd away” in the sense of carry off/drive away see 945 רָעָה 2.d and compare Job 20:26. There is an obvious wordplay involved in two different senses of the word “shepherd,” one referring to their leaders and one referring to the loss of those leaders by the wind driving them off. There may even be a further play involving the word “wickedness” which comes from a word having the same consonants. If the oracles in this section are chronologically ordered this threat was fulfilled in 597 b.c. when many of the royal officials and nobles were carried away captive with Jehoiachin (see 2 Kgs 24:15) who is the subject of the next oracle.
37 The use of the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is intensive here and probably also at the beginning of the last line of v. 21. (See 472 כִּי 1.e.)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,

and lift up your voice in Bashan;

cry out from Abarim,

for all your lovers are destroyed.

I spoke to you in your prosperity,

but you said, ‘I will not listen.’

This has been your way from your youth,

that you have not obeyed my voice.

The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,

and your lovers shall go into captivity;

then you will be ashamed and confounded

because of all your evil.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Go up to Lebanon and cry out,

let your voice be heard in Bashan,

cry out from Abarim,

for all your allies are crushed.

I warned you when you felt secure,

but you said, ‘I will not listen!’

This has been your way from your youth;

you have not obeyed me.

The wind will drive all your shepherds away,

and your allies will go into exile.

Then you will be ashamed and disgraced

because of all your wickedness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Go up to Lebanon and cry out;

raise your voice in Bashan;

cry out from Abarim,

for all your lovers have been crushed.

I spoke to you when you were secure.

You said, “I will not listen.”

This has been your way since youth;

indeed, you have never listened to me.

The wind will take charge of all your shepherds,

and your lovers will go into captivity.

Then you will be ashamed and humiliated

because of all your evil.

NLTNew Living Translation

Weep for your allies in Lebanon.

Shout for them in Bashan.

Search for them in the regions east of the river.

See, they are all destroyed.

Not one is left to help you.

I warned you when you were prosperous,

but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’

You have been that way since childhood—

you simply will not obey me!

And now the wind will blow away your allies.

All your friends will be taken away as captives.

Surely then you will see your wickedness and be ashamed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Go up to Lebanon and cry out,

and in Bashan lift up your voice,

and cry out from Abarim,

for all your lovers are shattered.

I spoke to you in the times you were secure,

and you said, ‘I will not listen!’

This was your way from your youth,

for you have not obeyed my voice.

All your shepherds will shepherd the wind,

and your lovers will go into captivity.

Yes, then you will be ashamed and humiliated

because of all your wickedness.

KJV 1900King James Version

Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan,

And cry from the passages:

For all thy lovers are destroyed.

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity;

But thou saidst, I will not hear.

This hath been thy manner from thy youth,

That thou obeyedst not my voice.

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors,

And thy lovers shall go into captivity:

Surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

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