Jeremiah 2:30

World English Bible (WEB)

“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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28 “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.

29 “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.

30 “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

31 Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?

32 “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

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Jeremiah 2:30 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
KJV King James Version: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
ASV American Standard Version: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.
DBY Darby Translation: In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WBS Webster Bible: In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.