Jeremiah 2:30 in the King James Version
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Context
29 “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?