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 the gods that you made for yourselves? Ask them to save you when trouble comes! You have enough gods to give you help. Yes, people of Judah, your gods are as many as your towns! 29You cannot argue against me. You have all turned against me.’ That is what the Lord says. ‘When I punished your people, they did not change how they lived. When I sent my prophets to you, you killed them as if you were a hungry lion.’ 31Listen to the Lord's message, you people who are alive today: ‘People of Israel, why do you not trust me? Have I become like a desert for you? Have I become a dark and dangerous land for you to live in? No! But you say, “We are free to go where we like. We do not need to serve you any more.” 32A young woman does not forget to wear her jewels. When a woman marries, she does not forget to wear her special dress. But for many years, my people have forgotten me.

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 5:2They make promises and they say, “I will do it, as surely as the Lord lives.” But what they say is all lies.’
• Jeremiah 6:29A very hot fire can remove the dirt from silver and make it pure. I punish my people to make them pure, but it is useless. There are too many wicked people, so I cannot make them pure.
• Jeremiah 7:28So you must tell them, “The people of this nation have not obeyed the Lord their God. When I warned them, they have not agreed to change. Nobody does what is right. Nobody even speaks about what is true.
• Jeremiah 31:18‘I have heard Israel's people when they are sad. They say to me, “You punished us, and we accepted it. You taught us to obey you, like a farmer teaches an ox to work for him. So let us come back to serve you. We are ready to return to you, because you are the Lord, our God.
• 2 Chronicles 28:22During this time of trouble, King Ahaz did even more bad things against the Lord.
• Isaiah 1:5You continue to fight against God. Why do you do that? God will continue to punish you. You are weak and you hurt all over. Your mind and your body have great pain.
• Isaiah 9:13The people did not turn back to the Lord Almighty, who had punished them. They did not ask for his help.
• Ezekiel 24:13The dirt on the pot shows the disgusting things that you do. I tried to remove those wicked things to make you clean, but you would not let me do that. So I will punish you until I am no longer angry with you. You will not be clean until that happens.
• Zephaniah 3:2They do not listen to anyone's voice. Nobody can warn them that they are doing wrong things. They do not trust in the Lord. They do not come near to their God.
• Revelation 9:20But all the people that the fire, the smoke and the sulphur did not kill continued to do bad things. They did not change how they lived. They worshipped things that they had made for themselves. They worshipped demons and idols that they made from gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood. Those idols cannot see anything or hear anything. They cannot walk anywhere. But the people continued to worship them.
• Revelation 16:9The strong heat burned people and it hurt them very much. As a result, they said bad things against God's name, because he had the power to cause these terrible troubles. But they refused to change how they lived. They refused to agree that God is great.
• Jeremiah 26:20There was another prophet who was called Uriah. He was the son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-Jearim. Uriah prophesied against this city and this nation, with the Lord's authority, as Jeremiah did.
• 1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, ‘The Israelites have turned away from the covenant that you made with them. They have destroyed your altars. They have killed your prophets with swords. But I have always served the Lord God Almighty faithfully. Now I am the only prophet that is still alive and they are trying to kill me too.’
• 2 Chronicles 24:21The people decided to punish Zechariah. The king gave a command to punish him with death. So they threw stones at him to kill him in the yard of the Lord's temple.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they laughed at the men that God sent to them. They did not think that his messages were important. They insulted his prophets. Finally, the Lord became very angry with his people. Nothing could stop him from punishing them.
• Nehemiah 9:26But your people did not obey you. They turned against you. They stopped obeying your laws. You sent your prophets to warn your people to return to you. But they killed the prophets that you sent to them. Your people insulted you in many bad ways.

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