Quoting commentaryJewish thoughtMidrashReferenceQuotationCommentaryMusarRashi on JeremiahA lion has come up That is Nebuchadnezzar.Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopyRashi on Jeremiahfrom his thicket It is customary for a lion to lie in wait in the thickets of the forest (espaises in O.F.).Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopyRashi on Jeremiahwill be desolate Heb. תצינה, an expression of desolation.Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopyPrevious VerseFull ChapterNext Verse