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Jeremiah 2:15

Sin

13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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

The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

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

17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
KJV
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
WEB
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
ASV
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
DARBY
The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
BLB
The young lions roared at him; they gave forth their voice. And they made his land into a desolation: His cities are left in ruins, without a dweller.
ÅB
Unge løver brølte mot ham; de lot sin røst høre, og de gjorde hans land til en ørken; hans byer ble brent opp, så ingen bor i dem.
OTB
Løver har brølt mot ham, de har brølt høyt. De har lagt hans land øde; hans byer er brent og forlatt.
B1930
Unge løver brølte mot ham; de lot sin røst høre, og de gjorde hans land til en ørken; hans byer blev opbrent, så ingen bor i dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:7

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 50:17

    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.”

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  • Jeremiah 9:11

    “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.”

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  • Isaiah 5:29

    Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

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  • Isaiah 1:7

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

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  • Hosea 13:7–8

    So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

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  • Amos 3:12

    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

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  • Ezekiel 5:14

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

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