Verse 14. They have not discovered thine iniquity] They did not reprove for sin, they flattered them in their transgressions; and instead of turning away thy captivity, by turning thee from thy sins, they have pretended visions of good in thy favour, and false burdens for thy enemies.
THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS FOR THEE - The Septuagint and Vulgate give the true meaning, “stupidity” (see Jeremiah 23:13 note). TO TURN AWAY THY CAPTIVITY - The right sense is, “Th...
CHAPTER 2 WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE The great catastrophe continues in vivid description throughout this chapter also. Not an enemy has done it, not Nebuchadrezzar and his Chaldean hordes, but the Lord i...
LAMENTATIONS 2. THE SECOND LAMENT. This differs from the first in its contents, and in its literary form. The metrical matters are the same, _i.e._ there are twenty-two verses, wherein the first word...
PROPHETS, &C. Compare Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:1; Ezekiel 13:23; Ezekiel 21:29;...
The thought that the false prophets are worthy of condemnation for buoying the people up with vain hopes is distinctly in Jeremiah's manner (cp. Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:6 f., Ezekiel 22:28). It is t...
Lament over Zion's exposure to the mockery of her enemies....
FALSE BURDENS— _Burdens of vanity_—false prophesies. See Isaiah 13:1....
II. THE PROPHET'S SINCERE SYMPATHY FOR HIS PEOPLE Lamentations 2:11-16 TRANSLATION (11) MY eyes are spent with weeping, my inward parts are troubled, my heart is poured out to the ground because of t...
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. THY...
2:14 expulsion. (a-33) Or 'seduction,' and see Jeremiah 27:10 ....
FALSE BURDENS] RM 'oracles of vanity' (Jeremiah 23:33). CAUSES OF BANISHMENT] The Heb. word employed here is not found elsewhere, but probably means things which draw aside and drive out (Jeremiah 27:...
ZION'S SORROWS DUE TO JEHOVAH'S ANGER In this second dirge, the cause of Zion's woe is dwelt upon. Jehovah has become angry with His people, therefore He has cast them off. Zion's miseries are the ju...
JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS LAMENTATIONS _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 2 NOW JEREMIAH SPEAKS. V1 The *Lord’s anger is like a black cloud over Zion (*Jerusalem). He allowed enemies to destroy the beauty...
THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS. — The words are eminently characteristic of Jeremiah, whose whole life had been spent in conflict with the false prophets (Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:13;...
נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ חָ֤זוּ לָךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְ תָפֵ֔ל ו
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN Lamentations 2:10 PASSION and poetry, when they fire the imagination, do more than personify individual material things. By fusing the separate objects in the crucible of a co...
PROPHETS WITHOUT A VISION Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 2:14 IN deploring the losses suffered by the daughter of Zion the elegist bewails the failure of her prophets to obtain a vision from Jehovah....
In the second poem, the prophet dealt with the sources of the sorrow he had described. Again affirming that it was the result of the direct action of Jehovah, he proceeded to describe it in its materi...
Thy prophets have (k) seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not revealed thy iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. (k) Be...
_Revelations. Hebrew Masoth, "burdens" for the enemy. This sentence ought to come before and they, &c., as it is in the Vulgate. (Haydock)_...
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach i...
_PROPHESIERS OF SMOOTH THINGS_ ‘Thy prophets have seen visions … of vanity … and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to bring again thy captivity.’ Lamentations 2:14 (R.V.) I. THIS LAMENT OF J...
Here the Prophet condemns the Jews for that wantonness by which they had, as it were, designedly destroyed themselves, as though they had willfully drunk sweet poison. They had been inebriated with th...
The second chapter is a very deep and touching appeal. The desolation of Jerusalem is looked at as Jehovah's own work, on what was His own, and not as that of the enemy. Never had there been such sorr...
THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS FOR THEE,.... Not the prophets of the Lord; but false prophets, as the Targum; which were of the people's choosing, and were acceptable to them; prophets...
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. Ver. 1...
_Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things_ The prophets, to whom thou didst choose to hearken, and whom thou didst believe, rather than those whom God sent to reveal his will, came and told thee...
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee, namely, the false prophets, to whom the people of Jerusalem listened, much against Jeremiah's advice; AND THEY HAVE NOT DISCOVERED THINE INIQUI...
THE VANITY OF HUMAN CONSOLATION TOGETHER WITH A PLEA FOR HELP...
10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deuteronomy 28:53. Multitu...
Not the Lord's prophets in thee, but those prophets to whom you chose rather to hearken, and whom you believed rather than me and others sent by God to reveal his will unto you, came and told you idle...
Lamentations 2:14 prophets H5030 seen H2372 (H8804) False H7723 deceptive H8602 uncovered H1540 (H8765) iniquity...
THE PROPHET ADDRESSES JERUSALEM RECOGNISING THAT THAT HER UNIQUE STATE IS SUCH THAT HE CAN OFFER NO COMFORT BECAUSE ALL IS AGAINST HER (LAMENTATIONS 2:13). The prophet sees the people of Jerusalem as...
CONTENTS: Lamentation on the effect of the calamities of Judah. God's passionate consideration appealed to. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The wormwood and gall in affliction is the thought t...
Lamentations 2:1. _How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud._ The day break, but no sun shines, no opening of future hope. Lamentations 2:2. _The Lord hath swallowed up all the inha...
_Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee._ PROPHETIC FIDELITY The crying fault of the prophets is their reluctance to preach to people of their sins. Their mission distinctly involves...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:1 God Has Set Zion under a Cloud. This chapter emphasizes the completeness of God’s judgment on Jerusalem. The verses unfold in three parts, each of which has a dif...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:14 Judah’s PROPHETS were part of the problem (see Jeremiah 14:13;...
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (נ) Lamentations 2:14. The Book of Jeremiah contains ample evidence as to who those _miserable comforters_ were. It shows that, during the period just preceding the overthrow of Jud...
ZION'S JUDGMENT IS OF GOD. LAMENTATIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS. EXPOSITION LAMENTATIONS 2:1 HATH THE LORD COVERED; rather, _doth _… _cover_. THE DAUGHTER OF ZION; i.e.
The second lamentation: How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and he has cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool...
1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:21; 2 Kings 19:21; 2 Peter 2:1;...
The prophets — False prophets told you vain stories. Not discovered — Whereas they ought to have made you sensible of your sins, and this might have prevented your captivity. False burdens — False sto...