Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; They would receive no correction; Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
29Why do ye enter into controversy with me? Ye have all rebelled against me, saith Jehovah.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:13The people turn not to him that smiteth them; Neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
Jeremiah 26:20There was also another man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah, the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and 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 →