Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
14Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
Cross References
Judges 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 5:9In my ears, the LORD of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,
Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 6:8Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:15-20
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled? 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what… Read the whole commentary →