Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Jeremiah 25:38 in English Standard Version "Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”" Job 38:40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? Jer 25:37 and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord. Jer 46:16 He made many stumble, and they fell, and they said one to another, ‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.’ Jer 50:16 Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.