Lamentations 2:14

Thy nevi'im have seen false 1 and worthless visions for thee; 1 and they have not exposed thine avon, 1 to ward off thy captivity; 1 but have seen for thee mase'ot shav 1 and madduchim (false and misleading burdens, oracles). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

In Context

13What thing shall I say to thee? 1 What thing shall I liken to thee, O Bat Yerushalayim? 1 What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, 1 O Betulat Bat Tziyon? 1 For thy shever (destruction) is as gadol as the yam. 1 Who can heal thee? 1

15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; 1 they hiss and wag their head at Bat Yerushalayim, 1 saying: Is this the Ir that men call 1 Kelilat Yofi Masos L'Khol HaAretz 1 (perfection in beauty, the joy of the whole earth)? 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:15For the me'ashrei HaAm HaZeh (leaders of this people) cause them to err; 1 and they that are led of them are destroyed. 1

Jeremiah 2:8The Kohanim asked not: Where is Hashem? 1 And they that handle the Torah had no da'as of Me; 1 the ro'im also rebelled against Me, 1 and the nevi'im prophesied by Ba'al, 1 and walked after worthless things. 1

Jeremiah 6:13For from the katan of them even unto the gadol of them, 1 every one is given to greediness for unjust gain; 1 and from the navi even unto the kohen, 1 every one doeth sheker (deceit, falsehood). 1

Jeremiah 14:13Then said I, Ah, Adonoi Hashem! Hinei, the nevi'im say unto them, Ye shall not see the cherev, neither shall ye have ra'av (famine); but I will give you shalom emes in this makom.

Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in My sod (council), 1 and had caused My people to hear My Devarim, 1 then they should have turned them from their derech harah, 1 and from the ra'ah of their doings.

Jeremiah 23:31Hineni, I am against the nevi'im, saith Hashem, that use their [own] lashon, and say, He saith.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:11-22

Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn… Read the whole commentary →

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