UYeremiya 2:30

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

30 Ndifumane ndababetha oonyana benu; intethiso abayamkelanga; ikrele lenu lidle abaprofeti benu njengengonyama edlavulayo.

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In vain: Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 6:29, Jeremiah 6:30, Jeremiah 7:28, Jeremiah 31:18, 2 Chronicles 28:22, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 9:13, Ezekiel 24:13, Zephaniah 3:2, Revelation 9:20, Revelation 9:21, Revelation 16:9

your own sword: Jeremiah 26:20-24, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 9:26, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:36, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:34-37, Mark 12:2-8, Luke 11:47-51, Luke 13:33, Luke 13:34, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:23 - General 2 Samuel 2:26 - sword Isaiah 5:4 - General Isaiah 57:17 - and he Isaiah 59:3 - your hands Jeremiah 7:6 - and shed Jeremiah 13:23 - Ethiopian Jeremiah 19:4 - filled Jeremiah 26:8 - the priests Jeremiah 26:15 - ye shall Jeremiah 26:23 - who Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 36:26 - to take Jeremiah 46:14 - the sword Ezekiel 11:6 - General Ezekiel 22:2 - bloody city Ezekiel 22:24 - General Ezekiel 22:25 - they have devoured Ezekiel 34:3 - ye kill Daniel 9:13 - made we not our prayer before Zechariah 11:3 - a voice Matthew 5:12 - for so Matthew 14:10 - and beheaded Matthew 23:30 - the blood Matthew 23:35 - upon Matthew 23:37 - thou Mark 12:3 - they Luke 3:20 - General Luke 6:23 - for in Luke 20:10 - beat Romans 11:3 - Lord 2 Timothy 4:17 - and I Hebrews 11:37 - were slain James 5:10 - for Revelation 3:19 - many Revelation 16:6 - they have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In vain have I smitten your children,.... Or, "for vanity" g; for vain speaking, for making vain oaths and vows; so it is explained in the Talmud h; but the sense is, that the rod of chastisement was used in vain; the afflictions that came upon them had no effect on them to amend and reform them; they were never the better for them:

they received no correction; or instruction by them; see Jeremiah 5:3,

your own sword hath devoured your prophets; as Isaiah, Zechariah, and Uriah, who were sent to them to reprove and correct them, but they were so far from receiving their correction, that they put them to death; though Kimchi mentions it as the sense of his father, and which he approves of, that this is to be understood, not of the true prophets of the Lord, but of false prophets; wherefore it is said, "your prophets"; and they had no prophets but false prophets, whose prophecy was the cause of the destruction of souls, and this brought ruin upon the prophets themselves; and this sense of the words Jerom gives into; it follows:

like a destroying lion; that is, the sword of the Lord, according to the latter sense; the judgments of God, by which the people fall, and their false prophets with them, were like a lion that destroys and devours all that come near it. The Septuagint and Arabic versions add,

and ye were not afraid; which confirms what was before said, that chastisement and correction were in vain.

g לשוא "propter vanitatem, [sive] vaniloquentiam", Vatablus. h T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 32. 2. & Cetubot, fol. 72. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Your 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.