Jeremiah 51:38

New English Translation

The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

Psalm 34:10

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!

Isaiah 35:9

No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it – they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

Jeremiah 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.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

Judges 16:20

She said, “The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.