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“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me —the spring of living water— and they dug their own cisterns— cracked cisterns that hold no water. 14Is Israel a servant—a slave by birth? Then why has he become plunder? Young lions have roared at him they have roared loudly. They made his land a waste— his cities are in ruins and uninhabited. 16Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have grazed on the crown of your head. 17Have you not brought this on yourself, 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 will kill them. A desert wolf will ravage them. A leopard watches over their cities. Everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces, For their rebellion is great, their backslidings frequent.
• Jeremiah 25:30Therefore you are to prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “Adonai is roaring from on high, giving voice from His holy dwelling. He roars mightily over His sheepfold. He shouts like those who tread grapes, against all who dwell on the earth.
• Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock— lions have driven them away. First, Assyria’s king devoured him. This last one who broke his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
• Judges 14:5While his father and mother went down to Timnah, Samson went to the vineyards of Timnah, and behold, a young lion came roaring at him.
• Job 4:10The lion may roar and the cub growl, but the teeth of young lions are broken.
• Psalms 57:4He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.
• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion. They will growl like young lions— yes, they will roar, seize their prey and carry it away safely— and there will be none to rescue.
• 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 and go away. I will carry off, and nobody will rescue.
• Hosea 11:10They will walk after Adonai. He will roar like a lion. Indeed, He will roar and the children will come trembling from the west.
• Hosea 13:7So I became like a lion to them— like a leopard lying in wait by the way.
• 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 taken prey?
• Nahum 2:11Emptiness, desolation, waste! Heart melting, knees buckling, anguish in all the loins, all their faces grown pale!
• Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your fields, strangers devour it in your presence—a desolation, overthrown by strangers.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
• Ezekiel 5:14“Moreover I will make you a ruin and a mockery among the surrounding nations and in the sight of all who pass by.
• Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come up from his thicket— a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a wasteland. Your cities will lie in ruins, 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