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Jeremiah 2:29-31
American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:29-31
American Standard Version
29 Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no [a]correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of [b]thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
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- Jeremiah 2:30 Or, instruction
- Jeremiah 2:31 Or, darkness from Jah
Jeremiah 2:29-31
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:29-31
New International Version
29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all(A) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
they did not respond to correction.(B)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(C)
like a ravenous lion.
31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:
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