NET Bible
"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."
— Jeremiah 2:15, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.
“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
Israel’s Reliance on Foreign Alliances(not on God)“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?
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.
Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the LORD your God when he was leading you along the right path.
What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?