Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Note evenings: or, deserts
Note are increased: Heb. are strong
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a lion
- Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 25:38; Jeremiah 49:19; Ezekiel 14:16–21; Daniel 7:4; Hosea 5:14; Hosea 13:7, 8; Amos 5:18, 19; Nahum 2:11, 12
- and a wolf
- Psalm 104:20; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3
- evenings
- or, deserts. a leopard.
- Daniel 7:6; Hosea 13:7; Revelation 13:2
- because
- Jeremiah 2:17, 19; Jeremiah 9:12–14; Jeremiah 14:7; Jeremiah 16:10–12; Jeremiah 30:24; Numbers 32:14; Ezra 9:6; Ezra 10:10; Isaiah 59:12; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 16:25; Ezekiel 23:19