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Jeremiah 5:6-9

6 Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.

7 “Why should I forgive you?
Your children have forsaken me
and sworn by gods that are not gods.
I supplied all their needs,
yet they committed adultery
and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.

8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for another man’s wife.

9 Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?

Cross References for Jeremiah 5:6-9

Psalms 104:20 - You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. Click to read the verse Psalms 104:20 Click to read the verse Psalms 104:20

Hosea 5:14 - For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces an... Click to read the verse Hosea 5:14 Click to read the verse Hosea 5:14

Jeremiah 14:7 - Although our sins testify against us, O Lord, do something for the sake of your name. For our b... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 14:7

Ezra 9:6 - and prayed: “O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face to you, my God, becaus... Click to read the verse Ezra 9:6 Click to read the verse Ezra 9:6

Isaiah 59:12 - For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever... Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:12

Ezekiel 16:25 - At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, offering you... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:25 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:25

Ezekiel 23:19 - Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:19 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:19

Jeremiah 2:19 - Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize ho... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:19 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:19

Jeremiah 2:17 - Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the Lord your God when he led you in the way? Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:17 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:17

Genesis 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the... Click to read the verse Genesis 49:27 Click to read the verse Genesis 49:27

Hosea 13:7-8 - So I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Click to read the verse Hosea 13:7-8 Click to read the verse Hosea 13:7-8

Zephaniah 3:3 - Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. Click to read the verse Zephaniah 3:3 Click to read the verse Zephaniah 3:3

Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:27 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:27

2 Kings 17:25 - When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions among them and the... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:25 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:25

Jeremiah 49:19 - “Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Edom from its... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:19 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 49:19

Jeremiah 15:8 - I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At midday I will bring a destr... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:8

Habakkuk 1:8 - Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops head... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:8 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:8

Lamentations 1:5 - Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The Lord has brought her grief becau... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:5 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:5

Jeremiah 4:7 - A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to l... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:7

Jeremiah 25:38 - Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 25:38 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 25:38

Jeremiah 50:17 - “Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:17 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:17

Numbers 32:14 - “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lor... Click to read the verse Numbers 32:14 Click to read the verse Numbers 32:14

Ezra 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful; you have married for... Click to read the verse Ezra 10:10 Click to read the verse Ezra 10:10

Amos 5:18-19 - The Day of the Lord Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of... Click to read the verse Amos 5:18-19 Click to read the verse Amos 5:18-19

Jeremiah 19:4 - For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:4

Jeremiah 30:14 - All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy wo... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:14 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:14

Hosea 4:16 - The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like la... Click to read the verse Hosea 4:16 Click to read the verse Hosea 4:16

Jeremiah 16:10-12 - “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great d... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 16:10-12 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 16:10-12

Psalms 80:13 - Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field feed on it. Click to read the verse Psalms 80:13 Click to read the verse Psalms 80:13

Jeremiah 20:8 - Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has b... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:8

Hosea 14:4 - “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. Click to read the verse Hosea 14:4 Click to read the verse Hosea 14:4

Revelation 13:2 - The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of... Click to read the verse Revelation 13:2 Click to read the verse Revelation 13:2

Nahum 2:11-12 - Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness w... Click to read the verse Nahum 2:11-12 Click to read the verse Nahum 2:11-12

Jeremiah 2:15 - Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burne... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:15 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:15

Jeremiah 30:24 - The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:24 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 30:24

Jeremiah 4:16 - “Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to Jerusalem: ‘A besieging army is coming from a distant... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:16 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:16

Daniel 7:4 - “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were to... Click to read the verse Daniel 7:4 Click to read the verse Daniel 7:4

Ezekiel 14:16-21 - as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they coul... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 14:16-21 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 14:16-21

Daniel 7:6 - “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. A... Click to read the verse Daniel 7:6 Click to read the verse Daniel 7:6

Jeremiah 9:12-14 - What man is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:12-14 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:12-14

Lamentations 3:11 - he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:11 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:11

Hosea 13:7 - So I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Click to read the verse Hosea 13:7 Click to read the verse Hosea 13:7