Jeremiah 2:30
“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 2:30 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Vergeblich habe ich eure Kinder geschlagen, sie haben keine Zucht angenommen; euer Schwert hat eure Propheten gefressen wie ein verderbender Löwe.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por demás he azotado vuestros hijos; no han recibido corrección. Cuchillo devoró vuestros profetas como león destrozador.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Em vão afligi vossos filhos; eles não aceitaram correção. Vossa própria espada matou vossos profetas como um leão destruidor.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu puni vosso povo em vão. Eles não quiseram aceitar a disciplina. Vossa espada devorou vossos profetas como um leão destruidor.
📖 Jeremiah 2:30 in Context
28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? 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.
29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
30In vain have I smitten your children; they 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 unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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