פירוש על ירמיהו 5:6

a lion The kingdom of Babylon.

a wolf The kingdom of Media.

a leopard The kingdom of Greece.

shall be torn to pieces by Edom.

a wolf of the deserts Heb. ערבות, an expression of (supra 2:6) ערבה ושוחה “plains and pits,” a wolf of the desert.

hastens Heb. שקד. Menahem (p. 180) associates it with an expression of watching. Comp. (Prov. 8:34) “To watch (לשקוד) My doors daily.” And Jonathan rendered it as an expression of lying in wait.