Wherefore a lion, &c.— By the lion, say some, Nebuchadnezzar is meant: see chap. Jeremiah 4:7. By the wolf, Nabuzaradan; and by the leopard, Antiochus Epiphanes. Others by the lion think that the Babylonians are understood; by the wolf the Medes and Persians; and by the leopard the Greeks: while others again, with more reason, suppose that Nebuchadnezzar alone is here pointed at; violent and courageous as a lion; rapacious, greedy, devouring, as a wolf; swift, lively, and active as a leopard. See Grotius and Calmet.
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Jeremiah 5:6
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the eveningsa shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.