¹⁴ Your prophets look on your behalf;
    they see false and deceptive visions.
They did not expose your sins
    in order to restore what had been captured.^[a]
Instead, they crafted oracles for you
    that are false and misleading.

¹⁵ Everyone who passes by on the road
    shake their fists^[b] at you.
They hiss and shake their heads
    at cherished^[c] Jerusalem:
“Is this the city men used to call ‘The Perfection of Beauty,’
    and ‘The Joy of the Entire Earth’”?

¹⁶ All of your enemies
    insult you with gaping mouths.
They hiss and grind their teeth while saying,
    “We have devoured her completely.
Yes, this is the day that we anticipated!
    We found it at last;^[d] we have seen it!”