Lam 2:14-17 | ESV | STEP | Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions ; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes , but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading .

Lamentations 2:14-17

14 ^aYour prophets have seen for you
false and deceptive visions;
^bthey have not exposed your iniquity
to ^crestore your fortunes,
^dbut have seen for you ^eoracles
that are false and misleading.
15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
^fthey hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
^gthe perfection of beauty,
^hthe joy of all the earth?”
16 ⁱAll your enemies
rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We ^jhave swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
now we have it; ^kwe see it!”
17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
he has carried out ^lhis word,
which he commanded ^mlong ago;
ⁿhe has thrown down ^owithout pity;
^phe has made the enemy rejoice over you
and exalted the ^qmight of your foes.