English Language Versions
KJV In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
KJVP In vain H7723 have I smitten H5221 H853 your children; H1121 they received H3947 no H3808 correction: H4148 your own sword H2719 hath devoured H398 your prophets, H5030 like a destroying H7843 lion. H738
YLT In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.
ASV In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WEB In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
RV In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
NET "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."
ERVEN "I punished you people of Judah, but it did not help. You did not come back when you were punished. With your swords, you killed the prophets who came to you. Like a dangerous lion, you killed the prophets."