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Jeremiah 2:30 — King James Version← Study notes

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.


Jeremiah 2:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:3012 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/שָּׁוְא֙lašāwəʾ
for vanitypronH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
הִכֵּ֣יתִיhikēytiy
I struckverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנֵי/כֶ֔םbənēykem
sons yournounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מוּסָ֖רmwsār
correctionnounH4148
chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לָקָ֑חוּlāqāḥw
they acceptedverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אָכְלָ֧הʾākəlāh
it devouredverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
חַרְבְּ/כֶ֛םḥarəbəkem
sword yournounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
נְבִֽיאֵי/כֶ֖םnəbiyʾēykem
prophets yournounH5030
that prophesy · prophet
כְּ/אַרְיֵ֥הkəʾarəyēh
like a lionpronH738
pierce
מַשְׁחִֽיתmašəḥiyt
destroyingverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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