Jer 2:30, 26:15, Eze 19:6, Mat 14:10, 23:34-35, Act 12:1-3, 1Th 2:15, Rev 11:7 | ESV | STEP | In vain have I struck your children ; they took no correction ; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion .

Jeremiah 2:30

30 In vain have I ^astruck your children;
they took no correction;
^byour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 26:15

15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, ^cyou will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

Ezekiel 19:6

6 He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men,

Matthew 14:10

10 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

Matthew 23:34-35

34 ^dTherefore ^eI send you ^fprophets and wise men and ^gscribes, ^hsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ⁱsome you will ^jflog in your synagogues and ^kpersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^lthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^mAbel to the blood of ⁿZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^pthe sanctuary and ^qthe altar.

Acts 12:1-3

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed ^rJames the brother of John ^swith the sword, 3 and when he saw ^tthat it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during ^uthe days of Unleavened Bread.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

15 ^vwho killed both the Lord Jesus and ^wthe prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^xoppose all mankind

Revelation of John 11:7

7 And when they have finished their testimony, ^ythe beast that rises from ^zthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Or the abyss} ^abwill make war on them and conquer them and kill them,