33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression(A) all your days.(B)

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33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

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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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Footnotes

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

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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Jerusalem

Woe to the city of oppressors,(A)
    rebellious(B) and defiled!(C)

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Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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