Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 2:15 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. |
What does Jeremiah 2:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 2:14-19
Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application…
Jeremiah 2:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 2:15
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hosea 13:7-8
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
- 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.
- 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.
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
- Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
- Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:6; 25:30; 50:17; Jud 14:5; Job 4:10; Ps 57:4; Isa 5:29; Ho 5:14
Ho 11:10; 13:7,8; Am 3:4,8,12; Na 2:11
yelled. Heb. gave out their voice. they made.
Isa 1:7; 24:1; Eze 5:14
his cities.
4:7; 9:11; 26:9; 33:10; 34:22; 44:22; Isa 5:9; 6:11; Zep 1:18; 2:5
Zep 3:6
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Context
- Jeremiah 2:14
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
- Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah 2:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los cachorros de los leones bramaron sobre él, dieron su voz; y pusieron su tierra en soledad; quemadas están sus ciudades, sin morador. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les jeunes lions ont rugi contre lui, ils ont fait retentir leur voix, et ils ont mis son pays en désolation; ses villes sont brûlées, de sorte qu’il n’y a plus d’habitant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Junge Löwen haben wider ihn gebrüllt, ließen ihre Stimme hören, und haben sein Land zur Wüste gemacht; seine Städte sind verbrannt worden, so daß niemand darin wohnt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Super eum rugierunt leones, et dederunt vocem suam: posuerunt terram ejus in solitudinem. Civitates ejus exustæ sunt, et non est qui habitet in eis. |