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. "
— Jeremiah 2:15, American Standard Version
“The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”
“The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.”
“Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.”
“The 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.”
“The 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.”
“The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he become a prey?
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?