In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- (Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 6:29; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13).
Your children - i:e., your people, you.
Your ... sword ... devoured ... prophets - (2 Chronicles 36:16, "They mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets;" Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 23:29; Matthew 23:31).