Jeremiah 2:15

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. ¹  They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted. ² 

Jud 14:5; Job 4:10; Ps 57:4; Isa 1:7; Isa 5:9; Isa 5:29; Isa 6:11; Isa 24:1; Jer 4:7; Jer 5:6; Jer 9:11; Jer 25:30; Jer 26:9; Jer 33:10; Jer 34:22; Jer 44:22; Jer 50:17; Eze 5:14; Ho 5:14; Ho 11:10; Ho 13:7,8; Am 3:4,8,12; Na 2:11; Zep 1:18; Zep 2:5; Zep 3:6

¹ tn Heb “Lions shout over him, they give out [raise] their voices.”

sn The reference to lions is here a metaphor for the Assyrians (and later the Babylonians, see Jer 50:17). The statement about lions roaring over their prey implies that the prey has been vanquished.

² tn Heb “without inhabitant.”