"In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 2:30
Surrounding context
2:29 "Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me," says the LORD.
2:30 "In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
2:31 "O generation, see the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, "We are lords; We will come no more to You'?