Jeremiah 2:15
King James Version (KJV)
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
World English Bible (WEB)
The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 2:15 Cross References
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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.
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.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
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.
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.
