Jeremiah 2:30
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In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
In other translations
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Hebrew words
לַשָּׁוְאlashav'for <the> vanityH7723הִכֵּיתִיhikeitiI struckH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנֵיכֶםbeneikhemsons yourH1121מוּסָרmusarcorrectionH4148לֹאlo'notH3808לָקָחוּlakachuthey acceptedH3947אָכְלָה'akhelahit devouredH398חַרְבְּכֶםcharbekhemsword yourH2719נְבִיאֵיכֶםnevi'eikhemprophets yourH5030כְּאַרְיֵהke'aryehlike a lionH738מַשְׁחִית׃mashchitdestroyingH7843
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