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36 Listen to the leaders as they weep!
    The Lord's people were like their sheep.
Now the shepherds are weeping loudly,
    because the Lord is destroying their fields.
37 The Lord will completely destroy the fields
    where the sheep quietly ate the grass.
He will do that because he is very angry.

38 The Lord will come out,

    like a lion that comes out of its cave.
He will make their land a terrible place.
Cruel armies will destroy the land,
    because of the Lord's great anger.’

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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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Footnotes

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