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.


In Context

12 Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

13 For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

14 A servant is Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

15 Against 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.

16 Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

17 Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee 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 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 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 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.