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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Jeremiah 2:15

Lions; kings of Assyria, &c. The decree for the devastation of Juda had already passed, though it was not put in execution.

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See also Jeremiah 2:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 2:15. _THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED UPON HIM_] The Assyrians, who have sacked and destroyed the kingdom of Israel, with a fierceness like that of pouncing upon their prey....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    UPON HIM - Rather, against him. Israel has run away from his master’s house, but only to find himself exposed to the beasts of prey in the wilderness. THEY MADE HIS LAND WASTE - The prophet points to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5 Expostulation and Impeachment _ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _ 2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4) 3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL'S FALSE RELIGION. Israel has forfeited the privileges of a son, and incurred disaster by forsaking Yahweh for the sensuous worship of the Baalim (_cf._ Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 2:28). Jeremiah 2...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Israel's sin and obstinacy under punishment 14 17. Co. points out that Jeremiah 2:13 connects naturally with Jeremiah 2:18. The cisterns from which Israel has sought water proving unavailable, she has...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled_ referring to the frequent Assyrian invasions. The lion was the symbol of Assyria (Nahum 2:12 f.). Cp. Isaiah 5:29 (of an attacking host). _burned up_...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED, &C.— _Against him lions shall roar: they have lifted up the voice and have made his land a desolation; his cities are burned, so as to be without an inhabitant. Also the childr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Penetrating Analysis Jeremiah 2:9-19 TRANSLATION (9) So yet I present My case against you (oracle of the LORD), and with your children I must contend. (10) For pass over to the isles of Kittim and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. LIONS - the Babylonian princes (; cf. ). The disaster from the Babylonians in th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE YOUNG LIONS, etc.] the enemies of Israel....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S SECOND PROPHECY (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people of Hi...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED... — The real answer to the question, that Israel had forsaken its true master, is given in Jeremiah 2:17. Here it is implied in the description of what the runaway slave had su...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ קֹולָ֑ם וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel h...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The young (x) lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without (y) inhabitant. (x) The Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. (y) Not one will be left...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I include all these verses under one view, as the doctrine is one and the same, though varied with several similitudes. But the whole is intended to show, to what a degenerate state the Church was red...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He afterwards adds, _Over him roar the lions. _The Prophet seems not simply to compare the enemies of Israel to lions on account of their cruelty, but also by way of contempt, as though he had said, t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 2 contains a most touching appeal to the people at Jerusalem. It requires no explanation, but deserves the heart's serious attention. It testifies in the most striking manner to the kindness a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE YOUNG LIONS ROARED UPON HIM, AND YELLED,.... Or, "gave out their voice" e; meaning the kings of the nations, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi explain it; and are to be understood of the kings of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Ver. 15. _The young lions roared upon him, and yelled,_] _i.e., _ The King of Ba...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The young lions roared upon them_ Lions, in the figurative style of prophecy, denote powerful princes and conquerors; see Jeremiah 50:17; where the king of Assyria is mentioned as one of those lions...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Israel's Punishment and its Cause...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The young lions roared upon him and yelled, raising their voices in a roar of triumph, AND THEY MADE HIS LAND WASTE; HIS CITIES ARE BURNED WITHOUT INHABITANT. This is the condition of Israel which the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    YELLED: _ Heb._ gave out their voice...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lust...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE YOUNG LIONS; understand the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Egyptians, &c., called LIONS from their fierceness, and young from their strength. See this JEREMIAH 4:7, JEREMIAH 50:17. ROARED UPON HIM, A...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 2:15 lions H3715 roared H7580 (H8799) growled H5414 (H8804) H6963 made H7896 (H8799) land...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IT IS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE BEHAVIOUR THAT THEY HAVE UNDERGONE, AND ARE UNDERGOING, THEIR PRESENT DISTRESSES (JEREMIAH 2:14). It is apparent from the words that follow tha...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying, Thus saith the LORD: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 2:1. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousal...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: First message to backslidden Judah concerning their ingratitude to God and wickedness against Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is a great affront to God to neglect Him and for...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 2:2. _I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth._ God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom rej...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The young lions roared upon him, and yelled._ DANGERS OUTSIDE THE DIVINE BOUNDS That comes of going from home, leaving sacred discipline, taking life into one’s own hand, assuming the mastership of...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH 2:1 Israel’s Covenantal Adultery. These five related messages were probably delivered during Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah 3:6). Jeremiah declares that God’s chosen people commit spiritual adulter...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 2:15 The LIONS are nations like Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon that have made Israel’s cities lie IN RUINS, WITHOUT INHABITANT (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till after...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this view) t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1-2); Now this is the first message that he has to deliver. As God is cal...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 3:12; Amos 3:4; Amos 3:8; Ezekiel 5:14; Hosea 11:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Lions — Understand the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Egyptians, called lions from their fierceness, and young from their strength. Yelled — Noting the terrible voice that the lion puts forth, either in...

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