Jeremiah 5:6

God's Word

That is why a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the wilderness will destroy them. A leopard will lie in ambush outside their cities. All who leave the cities will be torn to pieces, because they rebel so often and they become more and more unfaithful.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:14

All the officials, the priests, and the people became increasingly unfaithful and followed all the disgusting practices of the nations. Although the Lord had made the temple in Jerusalem holy, they made the temple unclean.

Ezra 10:10

Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, and now you have added to Israel’s guilt.

Ezra 9:6

and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.

Job 10:16

Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me.

Psalm 104:20

He brings darkness, and it is nighttime, when all the wild animals in the forest come out.

Psalm 80:13

Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.

Isaiah 59:12

You are aware of our many rebellious acts. Our sins testify against us. Our rebellious acts are with us. We know our wrongdoings.

Jeremiah 14:7

Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 2:15

Young lions have roared very loudly at them. Young lions have turned the land into a wasteland. The cities have been burned down, and everyone has left.

Jeremiah 2:17

You have brought this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God when he led you on his way.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will correct you, and your unfaithful ways will punish you. You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you if you abandon the Lord your God and do not fear me,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies.

Jeremiah 2:31

“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation. Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

Jeremiah 25:38

He has left his lair like a lion. Their land has been ruined because of the heat of the oppressor, because of the fury of his anger.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you, and they don’t want you anymore. I’ve punished you as an enemy would. I’ve corrected you as a cruel person would. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

Jeremiah 30:15

Why do you cry about your wound, your injury that can’t be cured? I’ve done this to you. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

Jeremiah 30:24

The Lord’s burning anger will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. In the last days you will understand this clearly.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined, and no one will live in them.

Jeremiah 49:19

“I will suddenly chase them from their places like a lion coming out of the jungle along the Jordan River into pastureland. I will appoint over Edom whomever I choose. Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Is there any leader who can stand up to me?”

Jeremiah 8:5

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks know when it’s time to return. Mourning doves, swallows, and cranes know when it’s time to migrate. But my people don’t know that I, the Lord, am urging them to return.

Lamentations 1:5

Its opponents are now in control. Its enemies have no worries. The Lord made Zion suffer for its many rebellious acts. Its children go ahead of their opponents into captivity.

Ezekiel 16:25

You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.

Ezekiel 22:27

Your leaders are like wolves that tear their prey into pieces. They murder and destroy people to make excessive profits.

Ezekiel 23:19

She remembered how she had been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. So she took part in even more prostitution.

Daniel 7:4

The first animal was like a lion, but it had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off and it was lifted off the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human and was given a human mind.

Daniel 7:6

After this, I saw another animal. It looked like a leopard. On its back it had four wings, like the wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads. It was given power to rule.

Hosea 5:14

I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I will carry ⌞them⌟ off, and no one will rescue ⌞them⌟.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses will be faster than leopards and quicker than wolves in the evening. Their riders will gallop along proudly. Their riders will come from far away. They will fly like an eagle that swoops down for its prey.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.

Numbers 32:14

“You’re just like your parents! You’re a bunch of sinners trying to make the Lord angry with Israel again.

Revelation 13:2

The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear’s feet. Its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The serpent gave its power, kingdom, and far-reaching authority to the beast.