Jeremiah 2:30
I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion!This verse in the real world
In what words
- מוּסָרmûwçârproperly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
- שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼevil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolat
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼa prophet or (generally) inspired man
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.