Jeremiah 25:38
“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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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Yahweh has risen up, like a lion that leaves its covert, eager for prey, that He may execute judgment upon the wicked.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 25:30-38
We have, in these verses, a further description of those terrible desolations which the king of Babylon with his armies…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
He hath forsaken his covert a repetition of the figure with which the section opened. As the lion seeks other shelter,…
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