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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּן֩ken-foreH3651 →
הִכָּ֨םhi.Kamit will attack themH5221 →
אַרְיֵ֜ה'ar.Yeha lionH738 →
מִיַּ֗עַרmi.Ya.'arfrom a forestH3293 →
זְאֵ֤בze.'Eva wolf ofH2061 →
עֲרָבוֹת֙a.ra.Votdesert plainsH6160 →
יְשָׁדְדֵ֔םye.sha.de.Demit will devastate themH7703 →
נָמֵ֤רna.Mera leopardH5246 →
שֹׁקֵד֙sho.Ked[will be] watchingH8245 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.Hemcities theirH5892 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֥אhai.yo.Tze'<the> [one who] goes outH3318 →
מֵהֵ֖נָּהme.He.nahfrom them
יִטָּרֵ֑ףyi.ta.Refhe will be torn in piecesH2963 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
רַבּוּ֙ra.Buthey are manyH7231 →
פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֔םpish.'ei.Hemtransgressions theirH6588 →
עָצְמ֖וּ'a.tze.Muthey are numerousH6105 →
מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃me.shu.vo.tei.hemapostasies theirH4878 →

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Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.Ezra 10:10Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.Psalms 104:20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.Jeremiah 30:24The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:Jeremiah 25:38He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.Lamentations 1:5Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.Numbers 32:14Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.Ezekiel 14:16–21then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.Hosea 13:7–8So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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