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Jeremiah 2:15

World English Bible

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

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Jeremiah 2:15 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 2:15 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 2:15 in context

  1. 13“For my people have committed two evils:
    they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
    and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
  2. 14Is Israel a slave?
    Is he born into slavery?
    Why has he become a captive?
  3. 15The young lions have roared at him and yelled.
    They have made his land waste.
    His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
  4. 16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
  5. 17“Haven’t you brought this on yourself,
    in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?