Jeremiah 25:38
Jeremiah chapter 25 · verse 38 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He 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
King James Version · 1611He 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He 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.
Context
v.37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
- Hosea 5:14
For 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 carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
- Hosea 13:7
Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
- Jeremiah 4:7
A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
- Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.
- Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?