Lamentations 2:14

Lamentations 2:14 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14The visions of your prophets

were false and worthless;

they did not expose your sin

to ward off your captivity.

The prophecies they gave you

were false and misleading.

14Your prophets have seen for you

Worthless and deceptive visions;

And they have not exposed your wrongdoing

So as to restore you from captivity,

But they have seen for you worthless and misleading pronouncements.

14Your prophets have seen for you

False and foolish visions;

And they have not exposed your iniquity

So as to restore you from captivity,

But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.

14Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you

False and foolish visions;

And they have not exposed your wickedness

To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],

But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.

14 The visions of your prophets

were empty and deceptive;

they did not expose your guilt

to ward off your captivity.

The burdens they envisioned for you

were empty and misleading.

14The visions of your prophets were lies.

They weren’t worth anything.

They didn’t show you the sins you had committed.

So that’s why you were captured.

The messages they gave you were lies.

They led you astray.