30In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.


In Context

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

29 Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they have 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 to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more to thee?

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jeremiah 2:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:30"In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:30|I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.