Catholic Public Domain Version
"The lions have roared over him, and they have uttered their voice. They have set his land in solitude; his cities have been burned up, and there is no one who lives in them. "
— Jeremiah 2:15, Catholic Public Domain 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 upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, 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 at this, O heavens, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, says the Lord.
For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that are unable to hold water.
Is Israel a servant, or one born into slavery? Then why has he become a prey?
The lions have roared over him, and they have uttered their voice. They have set his land in solitude; his cities have been burned up, and there is no one who lives in them.
Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
Has this not been done to you because you abandoned the Lord your God, in that time when he was leading you by the way?
And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?