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14 Your prophets had a vision for you,
    false and worthless;
they have not exposed your sin,
    to restore your fortune;
they have seen oracles for you,
    false and misleading.
15 They clap hands over you,
    all who pass along the way;
they hiss and they shake their head,
    at the daughter of Jerusalem.
Is this the city of which it is said,
    “A perfection of beauty, a joy for all the earth?”
16 They have opened their mouths against you,
    all your enemies.
They hiss and gnash a tooth,
    and they say, “We have destroyed her!
Surely this is the day we have hoped for;
    we have found it, we have seen it!”

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14 The visions of your prophets
    were false(A) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
    to ward off your captivity.(B)
The prophecies they gave you
    were false and misleading.(C)

15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(D)
they scoff(E) and shake their heads(F)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(G)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(H)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(I)

16 All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;(J)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(K)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.(L)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”(M)

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