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Jeremiah 2:30

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

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  1. Jeremiah 2:28

    But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

  2. Jeremiah 2:29

    Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

  3. Jeremiah 2:31

    O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  4. Jeremiah 2:32

    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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