Jeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- In vain
- Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 6:29, 30; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 31:18; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13; Ezekiel 24:13; Zephaniah 3:2; Revelation 9:20, 21; Revelation 16:9
- your own sword
- Jeremiah 26:20–24; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; 2 Chronicles 24:21; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 21:35, 36; Matthew 23:29, 34–37; Mark 12:2–8; Luke 11:47–51; Luke 13:33, 34; Acts 7:52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15