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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Jeremiah 2:30

In vaine haue I smitten your children, they receiued no correction: your owne sword hath deuoured your prophets, like a destroying lyon.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- American Standard Version (1901)

I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
- Basic English Bible

"I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Darby Bible

In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- English Revised Version

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

Bible Commentary for Jeremiah 2:30

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 2:30


2:30 Children - Your inhabitants in every city, they being frequently called the children of such a city. Correction - Instruction: though they were corrected, yet they would not be instructed. Your sword - You have been so far from receiving instruction, that you have, by the sword, and other ways of destruction, murdered those that I have sent to reprove you.


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