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Jeremiah 2:30

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30“In vain I have tchastened your children;

They ureceived no correction.

Your sword has vdevoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.

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Cross references

  1. tIs. 9:13
  2. uIs. 1:5; Jer. 5:3; 7:28
  3. vNeh. 9:26; Jer. 26:20–24; Acts 7:52; 1 Thess. 2:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In vain have I struck your children;

they took no correction;

your own sword devoured your prophets

like a ravening lion.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“In vain I punished your people;

they did not respond to correction.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

like a ravenous lion.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have struck down your children in vain;

they would not accept discipline.

Your own sword has devoured your prophets

like a ravaging lion.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have punished your children,

but they did not respond to my discipline.

You yourselves have killed your prophets

as a lion kills its prey.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“For in vain I have struck your children.

They accepted no discipline.

Your sword devoured your prophets,

like a ravening lion.

KJV 1900King James Version

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