Yeremia 2:30
Konteks2:30 “It did no good for me to punish your people.
They did not respond to such correction.
You slaughtered your prophets
like a voracious lion.” 1
Yeremia 5:3
Konteks5:3 Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. 2
But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. 3
Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected.
They have become as hardheaded as a rock. 4
They refuse to change their ways. 5
[2:30] 1 tn Heb “Your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.” However, the reference to the sword in this and many similar idioms is merely idiomatic for death by violent means.
[5:3] 2 tn Heb “O
[5:3] 3 tn Commentaries and lexicons debate the meaning of the verb here. The MT is pointed as though from a verb meaning “to writhe in anguish or contrition” (חוּל [khul]; see, e.g., BDB 297 s.v. חוּל 2.c), but some commentaries and lexicons repoint the text as though from a verb meaning “to be sick,” thus “to feel pain” (חָלָה [khalah]; see, e.g., HALOT 304 s.v. חָלָה 3). The former appears more appropriate to the context.