26 I looked, and behold, [a]the (A)fruitful land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.

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  1. Jeremiah 4:26 Or Carmel

26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(A)
    all its towns lay in ruins(B)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(C)

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26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

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37 And the peaceful (A)grazing places are devastated
Because of the (B)fierce anger of the Lord.
38 He has left His hiding place (C)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

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

37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

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