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Jeremiah 2:15

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

The young lions {H3715} roared {H7580} upon him, and yelled {H5414}{H6963}, and they made {H7896} his land {H776} waste {H8047}: his cities {H5892} are burned {H3341} without inhabitant {H3427}.

The young lions are roaring at him - how loudly they are roaring! They desolate his country, demolishing and depopulating his cities.

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.

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

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 4:7 (5 votes)

    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 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 1:7 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 9:11 (3 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    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].

  • Amos 3:4 (2 votes)

    Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

  • Isaiah 24:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.