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Jeremiah 25:38

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עָזַ֥ב'a.Zavhe has leftH5800 →
כַּכְּפִ֖ירka.ke.Firlike <the> young lionH3715 →
סֻכּ֑וֹsu.Kolair hisH5520 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הָיְתָ֤הha.ye.Tahit has becomeH1961 →
אַרְצָם֙'ar.Tzamland theirH776 →
לְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.Mah<into> a wasteH8047 →
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
חֲר֣וֹןcha.Ron[the] anger ofH2740 →
הַיּוֹנָ֔הhai.yo.Nahthe oppressorH3238 →
וּמִפְּנֵ֖יu.mi.pe.Neiand <from> because ofH6440 →
חֲר֥וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740 →
אַפּֽוֹ׃ פ'a.Poanger hisH639 →

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Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.Hosea 13:7–8So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.Hosea 5:14For 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.Jeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.Zechariah 2:3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet himHosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.Jeremiah 50:44Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Amos 8:8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.Leviticus 26:32And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.Isaiah 21:8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.Jeremiah 50:16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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