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 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 done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all! 14“Why has Israel become a slave? Why has he been carried away as plunder? 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. 16Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes, have destroyed Israel’s glory and power. 17And you have brought this upon yourselves by rebelling against the Lord your God, even though he was leading you on 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 5:6So now a lion from the forest will attack them; a wolf from the desert will pounce on them. A leopard will lurk near their towns, tearing apart any who dare to venture out. For their rebellion is great, and their sins are many.
• Jeremiah 25:30“Now prophesy all these things, and say to them, “‘The Lord will roar against his own land from his holy dwelling in heaven. He will shout like those who tread grapes; he will shout against everyone on earth.
• Jeremiah 50:17“The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”
• Judges 14:5As Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah, a young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah.
• Job 4:10The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
• Psalms 57:4I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
• Isaiah 5:29They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.
• Hosea 5:14I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.
• Hosea 11:10For someday the people will follow me. I, the Lord, will roar like a lion. And when I roar, my people will return trembling from the west.
• Hosea 13:7So now I will attack you like a lion, like a leopard that lurks along the road.
• Amos 3:4Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey?
• Nahum 2:11Where now is that great Nineveh, that den filled with young lions? It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs— walked freely and without fear.
• Isaiah 1:7Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see.
• Isaiah 24:1Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.
• Ezekiel 5:14“So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.
• Jeremiah 4:7A lion stalks from its den, a destroyer of nations. It has left its lair and is headed your way. It’s going to devastate your land! Your towns will lie in ruins, with no one living in them anymore.

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