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Jeremiah 51:38

Judgment

36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

39 While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

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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
They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
KJV
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
WEB
They will roar together like young lions. They will growl as lions’ cubs.
ASV
They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions` whelps.
DARBY
They shall roar together like young lions, growl as lions' whelps.
BLB
Together like young lions they will roar; they will growl like cubs of lions.
ÅB
De brøler alle sammen som unge løver, de brummer som løveunger.
OTB
«‘Men hennes unge menn vil falle i hennes gater, Og alle hennes krigere vil bli ødelagt på den dagen,’ Erklærer Herren.
B1930
De brøler alle sammen som unge løver, de brummer som løveunger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:15

    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.

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  • Judges 16:20

    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

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  • Nahum 2:11–13

    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

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  • Job 4:10–11

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

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  • Isaiah 35:9

    No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.

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  • Psalms 34:10

    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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  • Zechariah 11:3

    Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

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  • Psalms 58:6

    O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

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