Jeremiah 2:30

Jeremiah 2:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• New International Version (NIV)“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.

Context of Jeremiah 2:30

28But where are your gods you made for yourself? Let them rise up and save you in your time of disaster if they can, for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah. 29Why do you bring a case against me? All of you have rebelled against me. This is the Lord’s declaration. I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion. 31Evil generation, pay attention to the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do my people claim, “We will go where we want; we will no longer come to you”? 32Can a young woman forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.

Jeremiah 2:30 word by word

לַשָּׁוְא֙ הִכֵּ֣יתִי אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֔ם מוּסָ֖ר לֹ֣א לָקָ֑חוּ אָכְלָ֧ה חַרְבְּכֶ֛ם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖ם כְּאַרְיֵ֥ה מַשְׁחִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In vainשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• have I smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• your childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• they receivedלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• no correctionמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
• your own swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• hath devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• your prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• like a destroyingשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:30

• Jeremiah 5:2When they say, “As the Lord lives,” they are swearing falsely.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.
• Jeremiah 7:28Therefore, declare to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished — it has disappeared from their mouths.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, “You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.
• 2 Chronicles 28:22At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick.
• Isaiah 9:13The people did not turn to him who struck them; they did not seek the Lord of Armies.
• Ezekiel 24:13Because of the depravity of your uncleanness — since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness — you will not be pure again until I have satisfied my wrath on you.
• Zephaniah 3:2She has not obeyed; she has not accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she has not drawn near to her God.
• Revelation 9:20The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.
• Revelation 16:9and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
• Jeremiah 26:20Another man was also prophesying in the name of the Lord — Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.
• 1 Kings 19:10He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”
• 2 Chronicles 24:21But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Your own sword hath detoured your prophets - An allusion probably to Manasseh 2 Kings 21:16. Death was the usual fate of the true prophet Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 23:37.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-37Verses 29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God, but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of darkness; but those who dwell in God, have the lines fallen to them in pleasant places. Here is the language of presumptuous sinners. The Jews had long thrown off serious thoughts of God. How many days of our lives pass without suitable remembrance of him!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30devoured your prophets: See Jeremiah 26:20–23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. (Jr 5:3; 6:29; Is 1:5; 9:13). your children--that is, your people, you. your ... sword ... devoured ... prophets--(2Ch 36:16; Ne 9:26; Mt 23:29, 31).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:30

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Church
• Persecution
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Bitter
• Cry
• Degenerate
• Handle
• Hold
• Holiness
• Manasseh
• Noble
• War; Warfare

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings