Jeremiah 25:38
He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
37and the peaceable enclosures shall be desolated, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen [man] whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Hosea 13:7And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
Zechariah 2:3And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and another angel went forth to meet him,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:31-38
General Desolation; Jeremiah's Faithful Preaching. ( b. c. 607.) 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that… Read the whole commentary →