New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 2:15
15The young 1lions have roared at him, They have 2roared loudly. And they have 3made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 2:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- New International Version (NIV)Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
Context of Jeremiah 2:15
13“For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water. 14“Is Israel a slave? Or is he a servant born in the home? Why has he become plunder? The young lions have roared at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant. 16Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved your head. 17Have you not done this to yourself By your abandoning the Lord your God When He led you in the way?
Read all of Jeremiah 2Jeremiah 2:15 word by word
עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ קוֹלָ֑ם וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ אַרְצוֹ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו נִצְּת֖וּ מִבְּלִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear
- The youngכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
- lionsכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
- have roaredשָׁאַגshâ'ag · to roarH7580
- roaredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- roaredקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- madeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
- his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- a wasteשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
- His citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- withoutבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
- inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:15
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, Because their wrongdoings are many, Their apostasies are numerous.
- Jeremiah 25:30“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, ‘The Lord will roar from on high And raise His voice from His holy dwelling; He will roar forcefully against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- Judges 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
- Job 4:10The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken out.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
- Isaiah 5:29Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions; It growls as it seizes the prey And carries it off with no one to save it.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be no one to rescue.
- Hosea 11:10They will walk after the Lord, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar, And His sons will come trembling from the west.
- Hosea 13:7So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?
- Nahum 2:11Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub went With nothing to disturb them?
- Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.
- Ezekiel 5:14Moreover, I will make you a site of ruins and a disgrace among the nations that surround you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins, Without an inhabitant.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The young lions roared upon him - The Assyrians, who have sacked and destroyed the kingdom of Israel, with a fierceness like that of pouncing upon their prey.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Upon him - Rather, against him. Israel has run away from his master‘s house, but only to find himself exposed to the beasts of prey in the wilderness. They made his land waste - The prophet points to the actual results of Israel‘s until the multiplication of wild beasts rendered human life unsafe 2 Kings 17:25, but the Assyrian invasions had reduced Judaea to almost as sad a state. Burned - Others render, “leveled to the ground.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 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 of this is, Repent of thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Jeremiah describes the Assyrians, who destroyed the northern kingdom (2 Kings 17:5–23; Nahum 2:11–12), as lions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. lions--the Babylonian princes (Jr 4:7; compare Am 3:4). The disaster from the Babylonians in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign, and again three years later when, relying on Egypt, he revolted from Nebuchadnezzar, is here referred to (Jr 46:2; 2Ki 24:1, 2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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