Jeremiah 2:15

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 Living Translation (NLT)Strong lions have roared against him, and the land has been destroyed. The towns are now in ruins, and no one lives in them anymore.

Context of Jeremiah 2:15

13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water. 14“Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered? The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant. 16Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head. 17Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the Lord your God When He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:15 word by word

עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ קוֹלָ֑ם וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ אַרְצוֹ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו נִצְּת֖וּ מִבְּלִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The young lionsכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• roaredשָׁאַגshâ'ag · to roarH7580
• yelledקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• yelledנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
• and they madeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• wasteשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• his citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• are burnedיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• without inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:15

• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them; A leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many; Their backslidings have increased.
• Jeremiah 25:30“Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: ‘The Lord will roar from on high, And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
• Judges 14:5So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a young lion came roaring against him.
• Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar And lay hold of the prey; They will carry it away safely, And no one will deliver.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
• Hosea 11:10“They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
• Hosea 13:7“So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;
• Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
• Nahum 2:11Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub, And no one made them afraid?
• Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
• Ezekiel 5:14Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
• Jeremiah 4:7The lion has come up from his thicket, And the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place To make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, Without 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