Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. Young's Literal Translation Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and [for] your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel. King James Bible Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. Hebrew Wail,הֵילִ֨ילוּ (hê·lî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling you shepherds, הָרֹעִ֜ים (hā·rō·‘îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with and cry out; וְזַעֲק֗וּ (wə·za·‘ă·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly roll in the dust, וְהִֽתְפַּלְּשׁוּ֙ (wə·hiṯ·pal·lə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6428: (act of mourning) perhaps to roll in you leaders אַדִּירֵ֣י (’ad·dî·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 117: Wide, large, powerful of the flock. הַצֹּ֔אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the days יְמֵיכֶ֖ם (yə·mê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day of your slaughter לִטְב֑וֹחַ (liṭ·ḇō·w·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2873: To slaughter, butcher, slay have come; מָלְא֥וּ (mā·lə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of you will fall וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם (ū·nə·p̄al·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie and be shattered וּתְפוֹצ֣וֹתִיכֶ֔ם (ū·ṯə·p̄ō·w·ṣō·w·ṯî·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 8600: Dispersion -- a dispersal like fine חֶמְדָּֽה׃ (ḥem·dāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2532: Desire, delight pottery. כִּכְלִ֥י (kiḵ·lî) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus |