Jeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
29“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:14He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
Nehemiah 9:26“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Isaiah 9:13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of Armies.
Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 26:20There was also a man who prophesied in the LORD’s name, 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 →