Jeremiah 2:30
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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.
Compare
- 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
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Read in contextActs 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Read in contextJeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Read in contextJeremiah 26:20–24
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
Read in contextIsaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Read in contextMatthew 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Read in contextJeremiah 7:28
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
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