Bible Strands
Jeremiah 25:37
The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah pronounces this oracle amid a sequence of judgments where the LORD destroys pastures and leaves His den like a lion. The message addresses the shepherds and flock leaders whose livelihoods are being dismantled.
The words — The Hebrew נָדַ֖מּוּ (na.Da.mu) denotes being devastated or silenced, while חֲר֥וֹן אַף־ (cha.Ron 'af-) literally means the burning of anger. These terms directly describe the cause of the pastures' ruin.
The thread — This theme of abandoned land and forsaken strongholds recurs in Isaiah 27:10 and Isaiah 32:14. Both passages describe deserted cities and hills becoming caves or wilderness.
Why it lands — The text states that the land becomes desolation specifically because of the sword of the oppressor and the fierce anger of the LORD. It requires the reader to acknowledge that the stated cause directly produces the observed ruin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 27:10 For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
- Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—