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Therefore (A)a lion from the forest will strike them down;
A (B)wolf of the deserts will devastate them;
A (C)leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces
Because their (D)transgressions are many;
Their acts of faithlessness are mighty.

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38 He has forsaken His hiding place (A)like the lion;
For their land has become an object of horror
Because of the burning desire of [a]the oppressor
And because of His burning anger.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:38 Lit the one who mistreats

17 “Israel is a (A)scattered [a]flock; the (B)lions have banished them away. The first one who devoured him was the (C)king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:17 Lit sheep