2 Kings 17:26
Christian Standard Bible
26 The settlers said to the king of Assyria, “The nations that you have deported and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them that are killing them because the people don’t know the requirements of the god of the land.”
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2 Kings 17:26
New International Version
26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”
2 Kings 17:26
King James Version
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
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Jeremiah 4:7
Christian Standard Bible
7 A lion has gone up from his thicket;(A)
a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his lair
to make your land a waste.
Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.(B)
Jeremiah 4:7
King James Version
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 25:38
Christian Standard Bible
38 He has left his den like a lion,
for their land has become a desolation
because of the sword[a] of the oppressor,(A)
because of his burning anger.
Footnotes
- 25:38 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg; other Hb mss read burning
Jeremiah 25:38
New International Version
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger
Jeremiah 25:38
King James Version
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
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