There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds - "the shepherds" are the Jewish rulers.
For their glory is spoiled - their wealth and magnificence; or that of the temple, which was regarded by the Jews as preeminently "their glory" (Mark 13:1; Luke 21:5).
A voice of the roaring of young lions. The princes are so described on account of their cruel rapacity.
For the pride of Jordan is spoiled - i:e., its thickly wooded banks, the lair of "lions" (Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19). Figurative language for Judea is "spoiled" of the magnificence of its rulers ("the young lions"). The valley of the Jordan forms a deeper gash than any on the earth. The land at Lake Merom is on a level with the Mediterranean Sea; at the Sea of Tiberias it falls 650 feet below that level, and to double that depression at the Dead Sea - i:e., in all, 1,950 feet below the Mediterranean: in 20 miles' interval there is a fall of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet.