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In vainלַשָּׁוְאI struckהִכֵּיתִיyour children;אֶת בְּנֵיכֶםcorrectionמוּסָרthey did notלֹאaccept;לָקָחוּyour swordחַרְבְּכֶםdevouredאָכְלָהyour prophetsנְבִיאֵיכֶםlike a destroyingמַשְׁחִיתlion.כְּאַרְיֵה
Jeremiah 2:30
Study it in the app“In vain I struck your children; correction they did not accept; your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:30, word by word
- In vainשָּׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- I struckהִכֵּיתִיhiketi
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hiketi” appears- your childrenבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- acceptלָקָחוּlakachu
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakachu” appears- your swordחַרְבְּcharb
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appears- devouredאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- your prophetsנְבִיאֵיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- like a destroyingמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchit” appears- lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears
The context
29Why do you contend with me? All of you have transgressed against me, declares YHWH.
30 · This verse (above)
31You, generation, see the word of YHWH! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We roam free; we will not come to you anymore’?