Jer 5:6

Notice all the “wild beasts” which would “tear” and “devour” Israel:

A LION: Babylon, which destroyed Judah.

A WOLF: Assyria, which destroyed Israel (cp v 11).

A WOLF FROM THE DESERT: Literally, in Hebrew, a “zeeb” of the “ereb” (Arabs?): referring to the marauders whom Gideon routed (Jdg 7:25).

A LEOPARD: Medo-Persia (cp Dan 7:6), watching over the desolate cities of the land (made so by Babylon and Assyria).

The wolf, the leopard, and the lion all appear also in Isa 11:6 — a beautiful picture of the coming glories of God’s eternal Kingdom: “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.”

Jer 5:22

Yahweh’s control of the waters at creation — a commentary on the Canaanite “sea chaos” myth: see Lesson, Leviathan — esp the “Creation”.