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Jeremiah 25:38

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 25:38

Verse 38 of 38

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 25:38 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 25:38

Theological / Devotional

As the lion. The “Lamb of God” is also “the Lion of the tribe of Juda” (Rev. 5:5). A “lion” brings to mind not only a picture of kingly majesty but also a graphic representation of destructive power, such as that which the Lord will use when He performs His “strange act” of destroying the wicked (see on Isa. 28:21). Here Jeremiah takes up again the figure of v. 30, which typifies the Lord’s “fierce anger” as the roaring of a lion (see Amos 3:8) that leaves his “covert” in the forest to seek his prey.

Fierceness. Heb. charon, “burning”; always in the sense of “anger,” and used only of God in the OT.

Oppressor. Heb. yonah, the participle of yanah, “to oppress.”

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