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


In Context

27 Saying to wood, 'My father art thou!' And to a stone, 'Thou hast brought me forth,' For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, 'Arise Thou, and save us.'

28 And where are thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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

31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'

32 Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they have 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 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.