Jeremiah 2:30
To no purpose have I smitten your children; correction they accepted not: your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
29Wherefore will ye contend with me? all of you have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:14And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thy altars have they thrown down, and thy prophets have they slain with the sword: and I am left by myself alone, and they have sought my life, to take it away.
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord,—yea, he, king Achaz;
Nehemiah 9:26Then became they disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and they slew thy prophets who had warned them to bring them back unto thee, and they practised great provocations.
Isaiah 9:13(9:12) And the people return not unto him that smiteth them, and the Lord of hosts do they not seek.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burnt, by the fire the lead is consumed: in vain the melter refineth; for the wicked are not separated away.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriyah the son of Shema'yahu of Kiryath-ye'arim, who prophesied against this city and against this land in accordance with 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 →