In vain have I smitten your children] Isaiah 1:5. & Isaiah 9:13. Chap. 5. 3. Zeph. 3. 2. your own sword have devoured your prophets] Ye have slain your Prophets; by whom I called you to repentance, that I might not slay you. 2 Chronicles 24:20-21. Chap. 26. 23. Matth. 23. 29, 35, 37. Luke 11. 47. & 13. 33, 34. Acts 7:52. 1 Thessalonians 2:15.