King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 2:15
“The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 2
13
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.
14
[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?
15
The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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