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36 A sound, the cry of distress of the shepherds
    and the wailing of the leaders[a] of the flock,
    for Yahweh is despoiling their pasture.
37 And the peaceful settlements[b] are devastated
    because of the burning anger of Yahweh.[c]
38 He has left his den like a lion,
    for their land has become a horror,
because of the anger of the oppressors,
    and because of his burning anger.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:36 Or “nobles”
  2. Jeremiah 25:37 Literally “settlements of the peace”
  3. Jeremiah 25:37 Literally “the blaze of the nose of Yahweh”
  4. Jeremiah 25:38 Literally “the blaze of his nose”