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Lamentations 2:14

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.

KJV

Prophetæ tui viderunt tibi falsa et stulta ; nec aperiebant iniquitatem tuam, ut te ad pœnitentiam provocarent ; viderunt autem tibi assumptiones falsas, et ejectiones.

Vulgate

Νούν. Προφῆταί σου εἴδοσάν σοι μάταια καὶ ἀφροσύνην, ⸆ καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀδικίαν σου τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι αἰχμαλωσίαν σου, καὶ εἴδοσάν σοι λήμματα μάταια καὶ ἐξώσματα.

LXX

Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

ASV

נְבִיאַ֗יִ/ךְ חָ֤זוּ לָ/ךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְ/תָפֵ֔ל וְ/לֹֽא גִלּ֥וּ עַל עֲוֺנֵ֖/ךְ לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב שבית/ך שְׁבוּתֵ֑/ךְ וַ/יֶּ֣חֱזוּ לָ֔/ךְ מַשְׂא֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא וּ/מַדּוּחִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָזָ֔ה
chzh
verb · 50×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מַדּוּחִֽים
mdvchym
noun · 1×
מַשְׂאַ֥ת
msh't
noun · 16×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שְׁב֣וּת
shbvt
noun · 39×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×
תָּפֵֽל
tpl
noun · 7×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Eph 5:13 — But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
  • Ezek 13:3 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
  • Ezek 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many w
  • Ezek 22:28 — And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
  • Hos 9:7 — The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
  • Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 2:8 — The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not pr
  • Jer 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 6:14 — They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
  • Jer 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unt
  • Jer 14:14 — Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a
  • Jer 20:6 — And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom tho
  • Jer 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: there
  • Jer 28:15 — Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
  • Jer 29:21 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of
  • Lam 4:13 — For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
  • Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Zech 11:15 — And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
  • Zeph 3:4 — Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.