Jeremiah 2:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Young lions have roared against him; they have raised their voices. They have turned his land into a desolation; his towns are burned and uninhabited.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The young lions{H3715} have roared{H7580} upon him, and yelled;{H5414} and they have made{H7896} his land{H776} waste:{H8047} his cities{H5892} are burned{H3341} up, without inhabitant.{H3427}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The young lions{H3715} roared{H7580}{(H8799)} upon him, and yelled{H5414}{(H8804)}{H6963}, and they made{H7896}{(H8799)} his land{H776} waste{H8047}: his cities{H5892} are burned{H3341}{(H8738)} without inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Why do they roare and crie then vpon him, as a lyon? They haue made his londe wayst, his cities are so brent vp, that there is no man dwellinge in them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The lions roared vpon him & yelled, and they haue made his land waste: his cities are burnt without an inhabitant.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They rore and crye vpon him as lions, they haue made his lande waste: his cities are so burnt vp, that there is no man dwellyng in them:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:7 : 7 A lion has come out of his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his place to turn your land into a waste. Your cities will be ruined, without inhabitants.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
  • Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roar is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to rescue it.
  • Isa 1:7 : 7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.
  • Jer 9:11 : 11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?
  • Jer 25:30 : 30 Therefore, you are to prophesy all these words to them and tell them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy dwelling. He will roar mightily against His pasture; He will shout like those who tread grapes, shouting aloud against all the inhabitants of the earth.'
  • Jer 26:9 : 9 'Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, “This house will become like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitants”?' And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the LORD's house.
  • Jer 33:10 : 10 This is what the Lord says: You say of this place, 'It is desolate, without people or animals,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, without people, inhabitants, or animals.
  • Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.
  • Jer 44:22 : 22 Because the LORD could no longer endure the wickedness of your actions and the detestable things you committed, your land became a ruin, a desolation, and a curse, without inhabitants, as it is today.
  • Isa 5:9 : 9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.
  • Judg 14:5 : 5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When they came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.
  • Job 4:10 : 10 The roar of the lion, the growl of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are shattered.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Isa 6:11 : 11 Then I said, "For how long, Lord?" And He replied, "Until cities lie ruined without inhabitants, houses are unoccupied, and the land is desolate and devastated.
  • Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.
  • Ezek 5:14 : 14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They will follow the LORD, and He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard lying in wait by the path. 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
  • Amos 3:12 : 12 This is what the Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with only the corner of a bed or a piece of a couch.
  • Nah 2:11 : 11 Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Zeph 2:5 : 5 Woe to you who live by the sea, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, and there will be no inhabitants left.
  • Zeph 3:6 : 6 I have cut off nations; their corner towers are in ruins. I have laid waste their streets, so that no one passes through. Their cities are destroyed; there is no one left—no inhabitant.

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    7 A lion has come out of his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his place to turn your land into a waste. Your cities will be ruined, without inhabitants.

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    11 Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.

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    37 The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

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    29 Their roar is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to rescue it.

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    76%

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    6 I have cut off nations; their corner towers are in ruins. I have laid waste their streets, so that no one passes through. Their cities are destroyed; there is no one left—no inhabitant.

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    7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.

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    2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. In his wrath, he has torn down the fortresses of the daughter of Judah, bringing them down to the ground. He has defiled her kingdom and its rulers.

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    17 Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

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    4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?

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    73%

    7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.

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    73%

    17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of beasts will terrify you, because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the city, and all who live in it.

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    73%

    25 When they first lived there, they did not fear the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of the people.

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    73%

    13 Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

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    10 The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

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    73%

    25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him, destroyed him, and ruined his homeland.

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    6 A sword will whirl through their cities; it will destroy their gates and consume them because of their plans.

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    72%

    5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation.

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    72%

    28 he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

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    72%

    11 They have made it a desolation, and it mourns before me. The whole land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.

  • Amos 3:11
    72%

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    72%

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    72%

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    14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.

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    72%

    8 Your hand will be lifted up in victory over your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cut off.

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    72%

    2 The scatterer has come against your face. Guard the fortress, watch the road, strengthen your loins, muster all your strength!

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    72%

    8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.