Jeremiah 25:38

Jeremiah 25:38 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of the oppressor and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has left His lair like the lion; For their land is desolate Because of the fierceness of the Oppressor, And because of His fierce anger.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey, and their land will be made desolate by the sword of the enemy and the Lord’s fierce anger.

Context of Jeremiah 25:38

36A 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. 37And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord. He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Jeremiah 25:38 word by word

עָזַ֥ב כַּכְּפִ֖יר סֻכּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֤ה אַרְצָם֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה מִפְּנֵי֙ חֲר֣וֹן הַיּוֹנָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

• He hath forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• his covertסֹךְsôk · lairH5520
• as the lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• for their landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of the fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• of the oppressorיָנָהyânâh · to oppressH3238
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639

Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:38

• Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
• Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
• Jeremiah 50:44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
• Psalms 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
• Hosea 11:10They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
• Hosea 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
• Amos 8:8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
• Zechariah 2:3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
• Jeremiah 25:12And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38As the lion - Leaving the banks of Jordan when overflowed, and coming with ravening fierceness to the champaign country.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Yahweh has risen up, like a lion that leaves its covert, eager for prey, that He may execute judgment upon the wicked.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 The Lord has just ground of controversy with every nation and every person; and he will execute judgment on all the wicked. Who can avoid trembling when God speaks in displeasure? The days are fully come; the time fixed in the Divine counsels, which will make the nations wholly desolate. The tender and delicate shall share the common calamity. Even those who used to live in peace, and did nothing to provoke, shall not escape. Blessed be God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38After this verse, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, called the Septuagint, includes Jeremiah 46–51. These chapters mainly discuss the nations mentioned in Jeremiah 25.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3838. his covert--the temple, where heretofore, like a lion, as its defender, by the mere terror of His voice He warded off the foe; but now He leaves it a prey to the Gentiles [Calvin]. fierceness of ... oppressor--rather, as the Hebrew, for "oppressor" is an adjective feminine, the word "sword" is understood, which, in Jr 46:16; 50:16, is expressed (indeed, some manuscripts and the Septuagint read "sword" instead of "fierceness" here; probably…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 25:38

• Anger
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Lion
• Sin

In the dictionaries

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• Controversy
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• Jeremiah, Book of

Commentaries on Jeremiah 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings