Jer 5:6 | NET2full | STEP | So like a lion from the thicket , their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the rift valley , they will destroy them. Like a leopard , they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out . For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things .

‏ Jeremiah 5:6

6 So like a lion from the thicket, their enemies will kill them.
Like a wolf from the rift valley, they will destroy them.
Like a leopard, they will lie in wait outside their cities
and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. ^{▼▼tn Heb “So a lion from the thicket will kill them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will watch outside their cities. Anyone who goes out from them will be torn in pieces.” However, it is unlikely that, in the context of judgment that Jeremiah has previously been describing, literal lions are meant. The animals are metaphorical for their enemies. Cf. Jer 4:7.}
For they have rebelled so much
and done so many unfaithful things. ^{▼▼tn Heb “their rebellions are so many, and their unfaithful acts so numerous.”}