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Jeremiah 2:30
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”