Jeremiah 2:15
What does Jeremiah 2:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 2:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Against 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 26:9
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.
- Isaiah 6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
- Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
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