Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings 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.
A lion ... a wolf ... a leopard - the strongest, the most ravenous, and the swiftest, respectively, of beasts: illustrating the formidable character of the Babylonians.
Of the evenings - others, not so well, translate, of the deserts. The plural means that it goes forth every evening to seek its prey (Psalms 104:20; Habakkuk 1:8, "More fierce than the evening wolves;" Zephaniah 3:3).
A leopard shall watch over their cities - (Hosea 13:7, "As a leopard by the way will I observe (i:e., watch with hostile intent) them"). It shall lie in wait about their cities.