Jeremiah 25:37
in Jeremiah 25The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
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ASV
And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
KJV
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verse(Verses 37, 38) He has abandoned his shelter (or den) like a lion. (And to be more accurate, his tent: for this is what 'Succho' means in Hebrew.) Because their land has become a desolation (or impassable) from the wrath of the dove (or from the face of the great sword) and from the face of the fury of the Lord. The Lord, of whom it was said above, will roar from on high, and from his holy dwelling he will give forth his voice.
This site's exposition
The peaceful meadows have been silenced
on Jeremiah 25:37-38
The oracle ends where it began, with settled life silenced: “The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.” The lion that roared in verse 30 now “has left His den like a lion,” the LORD leaving the cover that had sheltered the land.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); so that we have here judgment beginning at the house of God, but not ending there. God's Remonstrances with the People. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
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And the peaceable habitations are cut down,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
habitations--rather, carrying out the image "pastures" (see on Jer 25:30). The pasturages where, peaceably and without incursion of wild beasts, the flocks have fed, shall be destroyed; that is, the regions where, heretofore, there was peace and security (alluding to the name Salem, or Jerusalem, "possessing peace").
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The peaceable habitations - The pastures of peace, the peaceable fields where the flocks lately dwelt in security. See Jer 25:30 note.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָדַ֖מּוּ | venadamu | and they will be devastated | H1826 → | 30 times |
| נְא֣וֹת | neot | [the] pastures of | H4999 → | 12 times |
| הַשָּׁל֑וֹם | hashalom | <the> peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֖י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| חֲר֥וֹן | charon | [the] burning of | H2740 → | 41 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | [the] anger of | H639 → | 276 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנָדַ֖מּוּand they will be devastated
venadamuH1826 →30 times
נְא֣וֹת[the] pastures of
neotH4999 →12 times
הַשָּׁל֑וֹם<the> peace
hashalomH7965 →236 times
מִפְּנֵ֖י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
חֲר֥וֹן[the] burning of
charonH2740 →41 times
אַף־[the] anger of
ʾaf-H639 →276 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
it leads to
- Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
- Isaiah 24:10
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
- Isaiah 25:2
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
- Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Isaiah 27:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.