38 He has left His hiding place (A)like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the [a]oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”

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  1. Jeremiah 25:38 Or oppressor

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

16 They have repeatedly (A)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen, one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up, and (B)let’s go back
To our own people and our native land,
Away from the [a](C)sword of the oppressor!’

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  1. Jeremiah 46:16 Lit oppressing sword

16 They will stumble(A) repeatedly;
    they will fall(B) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(C) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(D)

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