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36-37 Listen to the cries
    of the shepherds,
as the Lord's burning anger
turns[a] peaceful meadows
    into barren deserts.
38 Like a lion leaving its den,
the Lord has abandoned
his people
    to the destruction of war.

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Footnotes

  1. 25.36,37 anger turns: Or “anger and enemy armies turn.”

37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion(A) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate(B)
because of the sword[a] of the oppressor(C)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.(D)

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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