Yeremia 2:15

2:15 Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him;

they raise their voices in triumph. ¹ 

They have laid his land waste;

his cities have been burned down and deserted. ² 

Yehezkiel 21:22

21:22 Into his right hand ³  comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal ⁴  for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, ⁵  to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

[2:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Lions shout over him, they give out [raise] their voices.”

[2:15]  sn The reference to lions is here a metaphor for the Assyrians (and later the Babylonians, see Jer 50:17). The statement about lions roaring over their prey implies that the prey has been vanquished.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “without inhabitant.”

[21:22]  ³ tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

[21:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.

[21:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”