Jeremiah 2:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
In context
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
15 The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Jeremiah 2:15 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- KJV King James Version
- The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- WEB World English Bible
- The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.