Jeremiah 2:15 “The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. Th…”

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

World English Bible

The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

American Standard Version

The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

Geneva Bible 1599

The lions roared vpon him and yelled, and they haue made his land waste: his cities are burnt without an inhabitant.

Darby Translation

The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

Young's Literal Translation

Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

Bible in Basic English

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

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Cross references

“young lions”

Jeremiah 50:17 Isaiah 5:29 Jeremiah 5:6 Jeremiah 25:30 Judges 14:5 Job 4:10

Jeremiah 50:17 · BSB

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Isaiah 5:29 · BSB

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious ac…

Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grap…

Judges 14:5 · BSB

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

Job 4:10 · BSB

The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

“they made”

Isaiah 1:7 Isaiah 24:1 Ezekiel 5:14

Isaiah 1:7 · BSB

Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

Isaiah 24:1 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Ezekiel 5:14 · BSB

I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

“his cities”

Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 33:10 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 44:22

Jeremiah 4:7 · BSB

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 26:9 · BSB

How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:10 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

Jeremiah 34:22 · BSB

Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inha…

Jeremiah 44:22 · BSB

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

16The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

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