backslidings are increased # 24_JER_05_06 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. ## 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.