Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
29Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:14And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Isaiah 9:13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-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 →