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 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. 29Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31O 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? 32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jeremiah 2:30 word by word

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

• vainשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• receivedלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• correctionמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• destroyingשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:30

• Jeremiah 5:2And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
• Jeremiah 7:28But thou shalt say to them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth hath perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
• 2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 9:13For the people turn not to him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
• Zephaniah 3:2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
• Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
• Revelation 16:9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
• Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
• 1 Kings 19:10And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
• 2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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