Jeremiah 2:15

Jeremiah chapter 2 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The 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 · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.14Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?

v.15This passage

v.16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

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.