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Jeremiah 2:28-30
New English Translation
Jeremiah 2:28-30
New English Translation
28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves?
Let them save you when you are in trouble.
The sad fact is that[a] you have as many gods
as you have towns, Judah.
29 Why do you try to refute me?[b]
All of you have rebelled against me,”
says the Lord.
30 “It did no good for me to punish your people.
They did not respond to such correction.
You slaughtered your prophets
like a voracious lion.[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:28 tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki, “for, indeed”) contextually.
- Jeremiah 2:29 sn This is still part of the Lord’s case against Israel. See 2:9 for the use of the same Hebrew verb. The Lord here denies their counterclaims that they do not deserve to be punished.
- Jeremiah 2:30 tn Heb “Your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.” However, the reference to the sword in this and many similar idioms is merely idiomatic for death by violent means.
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