Jeremiah 2:30-32
Lexham English Bible
30 “For in vain[a] I have struck your children.
They accepted no discipline.
Your sword devoured your prophets,
like a ravening[b] lion.
31 O generation, you see the word of Yahweh.
Have I been a desert[c] to Israel? Or a land of great darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We roam about freely,
we will not come again to you’?
32 Can a young woman forget her ornaments?[d] Or a bride her sashes?
Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:30 Literally “the vanity”
- Jeremiah 2:30 Or “destroying”
- Jeremiah 2:31 Or “wilderness”
- Jeremiah 2:32 Or “jewelry”
Jeremiah 2:30-32
International Standard Version
30 “I’ve punished your children with no results,[a]
they have accepted no discipline.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
like a destroying lion.”
31 “You, generation,
pay attention to[b] this message from the Lord!
Am I the desert to Israel,
or a land of gloom?
Why do my people say, ‘We’re free to roam?
We won’t come to you anymore.’
32 Will a young woman forget her wedding[c] ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
But my people have forgotten me
days without number.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:30 Lit. in vain
- Jeremiah 2:31 Or see
- Jeremiah 2:32 The Heb. lacks wedding
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