14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not (B)exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have (C)seen for you false and misleading [a]oracles.
15 All who pass along the way
(D)Clap their hands in derision at you;
They (E)hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
(F)The perfection of beauty,
(G)A joy to all the earth’?”
16 All (H)your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They hiss and (I)gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have (J)swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (K)day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:14 Lit burdens

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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