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36 Hear the cry of the shepherds
    and the sobbing of the masters of the flock,
        because the Lord is ravaging their pasture.
37 There’s an eerie silence in the peaceful meadows,
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.
38 The lion is on the prowl,
    and the land is reduced to nothing,
        because of the fierce sword,[a]
        because of his fierce anger.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:38 LXX, Heb manuscripts; Heb uncertain

36 Hear the cry(A) of the shepherds,(B)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion(C) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate(D)
because of the sword[a] of the oppressor(E)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.(F)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger