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Jeremiah 51:38

Judgment

36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he 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)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:15

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

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  • Judges 16:20

    And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.

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  • Nahum 2:11–13

    Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

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  • Job 4:10–11

    The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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  • Isaiah 35:9

    No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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  • Psalms 34:10

    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

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  • Zechariah 11:3

    There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

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  • Psalms 58:6

    Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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