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In vainh have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own swordi hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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Isa. 9:13• ¹³But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)

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2 Chron. 36:16• ¹⁶But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy. (2 Chron. 36:16)

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Mark 12:2‑8• ²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and at him they threw stones, and struck him on the head, and sent him away with insult.
⁵And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard. (Mark 12:2‑8)

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Jer. 5:3• ³Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)

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Jer. 6:29‑30• ²⁹The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
³⁰Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them. (Jer. 6:29‑30)

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Jer. 7:28• ²⁸And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. (Jer. 7:28)

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Jer. 31:18• ¹⁸I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. (Jer. 31:18)

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2 Chron. 28:22• ²²And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Isa. 1:5• ⁵Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)

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Isa. 9:13• ¹³But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)

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Ezek. 24:13• ¹³In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee. (Ezek. 24:13)

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Zeph. 3:2• ²She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God. (Zeph. 3:2)

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Rev. 9:20‑21• ²⁰And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
²¹And they repented not of their murders, nor of their witchcrafts, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. (Rev. 9:20‑21)

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Rev. 16:9• ⁹And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory. (Rev. 16:9)

your own sword.

Jer. 26:20‑24• ²⁰And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;
²¹and Jehoiakim the king, and all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death; but Urijah heard it, and he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
²²And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt;
²³and they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; and he slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.
²⁴--Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. (Jer. 26:20‑24)

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1 Kings 19:10,14• ¹⁰And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
¹⁴And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away. (1 Kings 19:10,14)

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2 Chron. 24:21• ²¹And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 24:21)

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2 Chron. 36:16• ¹⁶But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy. (2 Chron. 36:16)

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Neh. 9:26• ²⁶But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. (Neh. 9:26)

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Matt. 21:35‑36• ³⁵And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
³⁶Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner. (Matt. 21:35‑36)

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Matt. 23:29,34‑37• ²⁹Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,
³⁴Therefore, behold, *I* send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
³⁵so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
³⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
³⁷Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:29,34‑37)

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Mark 12:2‑8• ²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and at him they threw stones, and struck him on the head, and sent him away with insult.
⁵And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard. (Mark 12:2‑8)

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Luke 11:47‑51• ⁴⁷Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
⁴⁸Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build their sepulchres.
⁴⁹For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
⁵¹from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. (Luke 11:47‑51)

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Luke 13:33‑34• ³³but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the day following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not. (Luke 13:33‑34)

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Acts 7:52• ⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers! (Acts 7:52)

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1 Thess. 2:15• ¹⁵who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men, (1 Thess. 2:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.