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Jeremiah 2:30 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
Jeremiah 2:30
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But 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.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
O 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
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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Jeremiah 2:1
"Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,"
Jeremiah 2:2
"Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."
Jeremiah 2:3
"Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 2:4
"Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:"
Jeremiah 2:5
"Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?"
Jeremiah 2:6
"Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?"
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