Jeremiah 25:37

What does Jeremiah 25:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 25:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the peaceable habitations have been cut down, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the fields of peace have been silent because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and the peaceable enclosures shall be desolated, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

Context

v.36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

v.37This passage

v.38He 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 27:10

    For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

  • Isaiah 32:14

    For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

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