Jeremiah 25:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A voice of the cry... shall be heard. — Here again the insertion of the words in italics is a change for the worse, and reduces the dramatic vividness of the Hebrew to the tamest prose. The prophet speaks as if he actually heard the “cry of the shepherds” — i.e., the princes — and the howling of the “principal of the flocks” — i.e., of the captains under them. The work of spoiling was begun.