15 The [a]Lions roared upon him and yelled, and they have made his land waste: his cities are burnt without [b]an inhabitant.

16 Also the children of [c]Noph and Tahapanes have [d]broken thine head.

17 Hast not thou procured this unto thyself, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he [e]led thee by the way?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:15 The Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians.
  2. Jeremiah 2:15 Not one shall be left to dwell there.
  3. Jeremiah 2:16 That is, the Egyptians: for these were two great cities in Egypt.
  4. Jeremiah 2:16 Have grievously vexed thee at sundry times.
  5. Jeremiah 2:17 Showing that God would have still led them aright, if they would have followed him.

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