Text -- Jeremiah 2:15 (NET)

2:15 Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 2:15

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.”