³⁰ I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.^(A)
Your own sword has devoured your prophets^(B)
like a ravaging lion.

³ Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness?^(A)
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.^(B)
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.^(C)
They made their faces harder than rock,^(D)
and they refused to return.^(E)