Jeremiah 2:30
In vain I have smitten your sons. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29Why will ye contend with me? Ye have all transgressed against me, says LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:14And he said, I have been very jealous for LORD, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my lif
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against LORD, this same king Ahaz.
Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Isaiah 9:13Yet the people have not turned to him who smote them, nor have they sought LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire. In vain do they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim. And he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:30-37
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord . 30 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… Read the whole commentary →