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Jeremiah 2:30

Sin

28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

29 Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
KJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WEB
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
ASV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
DARBY
In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
BLB
“In vain I have struck your⁺ sons; they accepted no discipline, and your⁺ own sword has devoured your⁺ prophets like a destroying lion.”
ÅB
Forgjeves slo jeg deres barn; de tok ikke imot tukt; deres sverd fortærte deres profeter som en ødeleggende løve.
OTB
"Forgjeves disiplinerte jeg ditt folk; de svarte ikke på korreksjon. Ditt sverd har fortært dine profeter som en glupsk løve.
B1930
Forgjeves slo jeg eders barn; de tok ikke imot tukt; eders sverd fortærte eders profeter som en ødeleggende løve.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:26

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

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  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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  • Jeremiah 26:20–24

    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

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  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

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  • Matthew 23:29

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

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  • Jeremiah 7:28

    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

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