KJV King James Version
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.
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Jeremiah 25:38
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger.
ASV American Standard Version
He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 25
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A 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.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 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.
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עָזַ֥בH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeכַּכְּפִ֖ירH3715 · ke.phirlionסֻכּ֑וֹH5520 · sokhlairכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהָיְתָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beאַרְצָם֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetלְשַׁמָּ֔הH8047 · sham.mahhorror: destroyedמִפְּנֵי֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeחֲר֣וֹןH2740 · cha.ronburning angerהַיּוֹנָ֔הH3238 · ya.nahto oppressוּמִפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeחֲר֥וֹןH2740 · cha.ronburning angerאַפּֽוֹ׃ פH639 · aphface: anger
Cross-references
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.Hosea 13:7-8Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]: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].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?Zechariah 2:3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,Psalm 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.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.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.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?
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