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Jeremiah 2:15

Sin

13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

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

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by 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

    The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

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  • Jeremiah 50:17

    Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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  • Jeremiah 9:11

    And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

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  • Isaiah 5:29

    Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

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  • Isaiah 1:7

    Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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  • Hosea 13:7–8

    Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

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  • Amos 3:12

    Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

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  • Ezekiel 5:14

    Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

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