15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.


In Context

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?

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

16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Jeremiah 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down and there is none to dwell in them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled: and they have made his land waste; his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The young lions roared on him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.