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

28Where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them come—if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as y0u have cities, O Judah. 29Why do you strive with Me? You have all rebelled against Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.” 31You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’? 32Can a virgin 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

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 5:2Though they say, “As Adonai lives!” surely they swear falsely.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain, for the wicked are not drawn off.
• Jeremiah 7:28So you will say to them, ‘This nation has not obeyed the voice of Adonai their God or received correction. Truth has perished and is cut off from their mouth.
• Jeremiah 31:18For after I returned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I struck my thigh— I was ashamed and also humiliated, for I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
• 2 Chronicles 28:22In his time of distress, this same King Ahaz acted even more unfaithfully to Adonai.
• Isaiah 1:5Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 9:13So Adonai will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
• Ezekiel 24:13Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
• Zephaniah 3:2She did not obey; she took no correction. She did not trust in Adonai. She did not draw near to her God.
• Revelation 9:20But the rest of mankind, those not killed by these plagues, did not repent and turn away from the works of their hands—they would not stop worshiping demons and the idols of gold and silver and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
• Revelation 16:9People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.
• Jeremiah 26:20Now there was a man who had prophesied in the Name of Adonai, Uriah son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land words like all those of Jeremiah.
• 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for Adonai-Tzva’ot,” he said, “for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword—and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it!”
• 2 Chronicles 24:21But they conspired against him, and by order of the king, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the House of Adonai.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling 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