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


In Context

12 Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the Lord .

13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

14 Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?

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

16 Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

17 Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the Lord your God when he led you in 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 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 American Standard 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 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.