Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children — they received no correction; your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
29Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:14And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, 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, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.'
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he act even more treacherously against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.
Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and slew Thy prophets that did forewarn them to turn them back unto Thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Isaiah 9:13(9-12) Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the 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 →