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Jer. 2:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Isa. 9:13• ¹³But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)

2 Chron. 36:16• ¹⁶{i}But 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.{/i} (2 Chron. 36:16)

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Mark 12:2‑8• ²{i}And{/i} at the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³{i}But{/i} they caught 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 him also last to them, saying, They will reverence 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 out of the vineyard. (Mark 12:2‑8)

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In vain.

Jer. 5:3• ³{i}Jehovah, 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.{/i} (Jer. 5:3)

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

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Jer. 7:28• ²⁸{i}And 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.{/i} (Jer. 7:28)

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Jer. 31:18• ¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: 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• ²²{i}And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.{/i} (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Isa. 1:5• ⁵Why 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, neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)

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Ezek. 24:13• ¹³In thy uncleanness is incest: because I cleansed thee and thou wouldst not be cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy uncleanness anymore till I have caused my fury to rest on thee. (Ezek. 24:13)

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

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

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Rev. 16:9• ⁹And the men were scorched with great scorching, and blasphemed the name of God that had authority over these plagues; and they repented not 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, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
²¹and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
²²and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
²³And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
²⁴Nevertheless, 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 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, even I, only am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
¹⁴{i}And he said,{/i} I have been very jealous {i}for Jehovah the God of hosts{/i}; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I, only am left; 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 commandment of the king {i}in the court of the house of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 24:21)

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Neh. 9:26• ²⁶{i}But 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.{/i} (Neh. 9:26)

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

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Matt. 23:29,34‑37• ²⁹{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,{/i}
³⁴{i}Therefore, 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;{/i}
³⁵{i}so 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.{/i}
³⁶{i}Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.{/i}
³⁷{i}Jerusalem, 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!{/i} (Matt. 23:29,34‑37)

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Luke 11:47‑51• ⁴⁷{i}Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.{/i}
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 hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of these they shall kill and drive out by persecution,
⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
⁵¹from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; yea, I say unto 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 Today, and tomorrow, and the [day] following, {i}for{/i} it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
³⁴Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that killeth the prophets, and stoneth 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 did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers, (Acts 7:52)

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1 Thess. 2:15• ¹⁵who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men, (1 Thess. 2:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

W. Kelly Translation

In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)