Yeremia 4:7
Konteks4:7 Like a lion that has come up from its lair 1
the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. 2
He is coming out to lay your land waste.
Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
Yesaya 6:12
Konteks6:12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place,
and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. 3
[4:7] 1 tn Heb “A lion has left its lair.” The metaphor is turned into a simile for clarification. The word translated “lair” has also been understood to refer to a hiding place. However, it appears to be cognate in meaning to the word translated “lair” in Ps 10:9; Jer 25:38, a word which also refers to the abode of the
[6:12] 3 tn Heb “and great is the abandonment in the midst of the land.”