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14 Nothing but vanity from your prophets—
    nothing but worthlessness from them;
They never warned and exposed you to correct your wicked ways
    so that things would go well again with no captivity.
Instead, they told divine oracles of lies and deceit,
    that everything was fine.

15 On your head, now, passersby heap scorn;
    they wag their fingers, shake their heads at daughter Jerusalem.

Passersby: Is this the city everyone thought was so great—
        a city of perfect beauty and
    Earth’s pride and joy?

16 Pursuing you, your enemies cut you down.

Enemies: Ha! Would the day ever come? We’ve got her now!
        Look, we’ve swallowed her whole, destroyed her.
    We waited anxiously for today,
        and we made it happen!

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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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