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Jeremiah 2:30

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“In vain I punished your people;

they did not respond to correction.b

Your sword has devoured your prophetsc

like a ravenous lion.

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Cross references

  1. b Lev 26:23
  2. c Ne 9:26; Jer 11:21; Ac 7:52; 1Th 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.