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For their land is desolate Because of the fierceness of the Oppressor, And because of His fierce anger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing <i>sword</i> And because of His fierce anger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing <i>sword,</i> And because of His fierce anger.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He has forsaken His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become an object of horror Because of the burning <i>desire</i> of the oppressor And because of His burning anger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He has left His lair like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressor And because of the LORD’S fierce anger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has left his den like a lion, for their land has become a desolation because of the sword of the oppressor, because of his burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has left His den like a lion, for their land has become a desolation because of the sword of the oppressor, because of His burning anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Like a lion leaving its den, the LORD has abandoned his people to the destruction of war. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath forsaken 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He has left his lair like a lion. Their land has been ruined because of the heat of the oppressor, because of the fury of his anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has abandoned his people like a lion that leaves its cave. The horrors of war and the LORD's fierce anger have turned the country into a desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a lion, he has left his den. Indeed, their land has become a waste because of the anger of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment, because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has forsaken His covert as a young lion, "" Surely their land has become a desolation, "" Because of the oppressing fierceness, "" And because of the fierceness of His anger!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He forsook his booth as the young lion: for their land was for a desolation from the face of the burning of him oppressing, and from the face of the burning of his anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He has forsaken his covert as the lion, for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He has abandoned those he sheltered like a lion. For the earth has become a desolation before the face of the anger of the dove, and before the face of the fury of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Like a lion he leaves his lair, and their land is made desolate By the sweeping sword, and the burning wrath of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a lion he has left his covert; for their land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of his fierce anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they have deserted his fold like a lion that has forsaken his covert; for their land is desolate because of the anger of the LORD and because of the presence of his fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because he has left his flock as a lion that has left his den, because their land became a wilderness from the presence of his anger of LORD JEHOVAH, and from the presence of the heat of his wrath <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath forsaken His covert, as the lion; For their land is become a waste Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, And because of His fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7663" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">The Cry of the Shepherds</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zaḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">He has left</a> <a href="/hebrew/5520.htm" title="5520: suk·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A thicket, covert, lair. From cakak; a hut; also a lair.">His den</a> <a href="/hebrew/3715.htm" title="3715: kak·kə·p̄îr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Young lion. From kaphar; a village; also a young lion.">like a lion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">their land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has been made</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">a desolation</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/3238.htm" title="3238: hay·yō·w·nāh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress. A primitive root; to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat.">of the oppressor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: ū·mip·pə·nê (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">and because</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">of the fierce</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">anger of the LORD.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm">Isaiah 31:4</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a></span><br />For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Amos 3:8</a></span><br />The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Joel 3:16</a></span><br />The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Revelation 5:5</a></span><br />Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Ezekiel 19:7</a></span><br />He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13</a></span><br />The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-10.htm">Hosea 11:10</a></span><br />They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-3.htm">Revelation 10:3</a></span><br />Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Isaiah 5:29</a></span><br />Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Amos 1:2</a></span><br />He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Isaiah 15:9</a></span><br />The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Zechariah 11:3</a></span><br />Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-1.htm">Revelation 6:1</a></span><br />Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a></span><br />And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He has forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.</p><p class="hdg">hath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Jeremiah 4:7</a></b></br> The 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; <i>and</i> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:6</a></b></br> Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, <i>and</i> 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, <i>and</i> their backslidings are increased.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-19.htm">Jeremiah 49:19</a></b></br> Behold, 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 <i>is</i> a chosen <i>man, that</i> I may appoint over her? for who <i>is</i> like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who <i>is</i> that shepherd that will stand before me?</p><p class="hdg">desolate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, <i>that</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Covert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-9.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm">Hiding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-3.htm">Oppressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/30-24.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-20.htm">Covert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-17.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-24.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-24.htm">Fierceness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Hiding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-19.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-2.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Oppressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm">Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">foretells the seventy years' captivity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">and after that, the destruction of Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">The howling of the shepherds.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He has left His den like a lion</b><br>This phrase depicts God as a lion leaving its den, symbolizing His active and powerful presence in judgment. The imagery of a lion is often used in Scripture to convey strength, majesty, and the inevitability of God's will (<a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a>, <a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Amos 3:8</a>). In the context of Jeremiah, this represents God's departure from His place of restraint to execute judgment on Judah and the surrounding nations. The lion's den can also be seen as a metaphor for the temple or Jerusalem, from which God's presence departs due to the people's unfaithfulness.<p><b>for their land has been made a desolation</b><br>The desolation of the land refers to the consequences of the Babylonian invasion, which Jeremiah prophesied. This devastation was both physical and spiritual, as the land was stripped of its inhabitants and its spiritual significance due to the people's idolatry and disobedience. The term "desolation" is frequently used in prophetic literature to describe the aftermath of divine judgment (<a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/33-28.htm">Ezekiel 33:28</a>).<p><b>by the sword of the oppressor</b><br>The "sword of the oppressor" refers to the Babylonian army, which God used as an instrument of His judgment. Historically, Babylon was known for its military might and ruthless conquests. This phrase underscores the theme of God using foreign nations to discipline His people, a recurring motif in the Old Testament (<a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6-11</a>). The oppressor's sword signifies both the immediate cause of destruction and the fulfillment of God's sovereign plan.<p><b>and because of the fierce anger of the LORD</b><br>The "fierce anger of the LORD" highlights the intensity of God's wrath against sin and unfaithfulness. This anger is not arbitrary but is a response to the covenant violations by the people of Judah. Throughout the Bible, God's anger is depicted as righteous and just, aimed at bringing about repentance and restoration (<a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24-28</a>, <a href="/lamentations/2.htm">Lamentations 2:1-3</a>). The fierce anger also points to the seriousness with which God views idolatry and injustice, serving as a warning to all generations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Israel's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is depicted as a lion leaving His den, symbolizing His active role in judgment against the nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Refers to the land of Judah, which is facing desolation due to the impending Babylonian invasion as a result of the people's disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_oppressor.htm">The Oppressor</a></b><br>Likely refers to the Babylonian empire, which God uses as an instrument of His judgment against Judah and other nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a></b><br>Symbolizes war and destruction, a common consequence of divine judgment in the prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is depicted as a lion, symbolizing His power and authority over nations. His judgments are just and purposeful, reminding us of His sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The desolation of the land serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. It calls us to examine our own lives for areas of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet highlights the importance of heeding God's warnings. We are encouraged to listen to God's Word and respond with repentance and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_use_of_nations.htm">God's Use of Nations</a></b><br>The oppressor, Babylon, is used by God to fulfill His purposes. This teaches us that God can use even those who do not know Him to accomplish His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, the broader biblical account assures us of God's ultimate plan for redemption and restoration through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_church_of_god_in_anderson.htm">What does 'Your house will be left desolate' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_babylon_inhabited_post-destruction.htm">Jeremiah 25:12 foretells Babylon becoming a perpetual desolation, yet archaeological evidence shows later habitation; how do we explain this?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_zech._1_12's_70_years_align_historically.htm">Is there any corroborating evidence for the 70-year period mentioned in Zechariah 1:12, or does it conflict with known historical timelines?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_jeremiah's_70_years_align.htm">Why does Jeremiah's 70-year prophecy about the Babylonian exile not match historical timelines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">He hath forsaken his covert . . .</span>--The image of <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm" title="Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar on his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.">Jeremiah 25:30</a> is reproduced. The thunder of Jehovah's wrath is as the roaring of the lion (<a href="/amos/3-8.htm" title="The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?">Amos 3:8</a>). He is as the lion leaving its hiding-place in the forest, and going forth to do its work of vengeance.<span class= "bld"><p>Because of the fierceness of the oppressor.--</span>A slight alteration, adopted by many commentators, gives "because of the <span class= "ital">sword </span>of oppression," as in <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm" title="He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.">Jeremiah 46:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm" title="Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.">Jeremiah 50:16</a>. The word for "oppressor" or "oppression" also means "dove," and is so taken by the Vulg., <span class= "ital">a facie irae columbae, </span>and it has been stated that this bird was blazoned on the standards of the Babylonians (Diod. Sic. ii. 4), and so had become a symbol of their power. In <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm" title="He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.">Jeremiah 46:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm" title="Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.">Jeremiah 50:16</a> the LXX., which here gives "the great sword," reads "the Greek sword," as though the Hebrew word (<span class= "ital">Iona</span>) meant Javan or Ionia. That meaning is, of course, out of the question here. On the whole there seems no reason for altering the English version, though the precise combination of words is an unusual one. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 38.</span> - Close of the prophecy with a fuller enunciation of the thought with which the paragraph was introduced. <span class="cmt_word">He hath forsaken</span>; comp. ver. 30, and notice the impressive non-mention of the subject (as <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">Their land</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> that of the shepherds. <span class="cmt_word">The fierceness of the oppressor</span>. A various reading, supported by some manuscripts, the Septuagint and the Targum, and accepted by Ewald, Hitzig, and Graf, and is the oppressing sword (so <a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Jeremiah 46:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16</a>). The text reading is very difficult to defend, and the punctuation itself is really more in favor of the variant than of the received text. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He has left</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזַ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His den</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻכּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(suk·kōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5520.htm">Strong's 5520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket, covert, lair</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a lion,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּכְּפִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(kak·kə·p̄îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3715.htm">Strong's 3715: </a> </span><span class="str2">A village, a young lion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has been made</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיְתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a desolation</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲר֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the oppressor,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּוֹנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3238.htm">Strong's 3238: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and because</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִפְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of His fierce</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲר֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anger.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Jeremiah 25:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:38 He has left his covert as (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/26-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 26:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 26:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>