Lamentations 2:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 2:10-22

Justly are these called Lamentations, and they are very pathetic ones, the expressions of grief in perfection, mourning and woe, and nothing else, like the contents of Ezekiel's roll, Ezek. 2:10. I. Copies of lamentations are here presented and they are painted to the life. 1. The judges and magistrates, who used to appear in robes of state, have laid them aside, or rather are stripped of them, and put on the habit of mourners (Lam. 2:10); the elders now sit no longer in the judgment-seats,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

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 after their own hearts, because they prophesied smooth things, such as they liked; though in the issue they proved "vain" and "foolish", idle stories, impertinent talk, the fictions of their own brains; and yet they pretended to have visions of them from the Lord; as that within two years... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:14

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 favor, and false burdens for thy enemies. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:14

Verse 14 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 those fallacies which we have seen, when impostors promised them a prosperous condition; for we have seen that false prophets often boldly declared that whatever Jeremiah threatened was of no account. Since, then, the Jews were inebriated with such flatteries, and disregarded God’s judgment,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

Thy prophets. Jeremiah constantly inveighs against the fallacious, immoral preaching of the great mass of his prophetic contemporaries (comp. Jeremiah 6:13 , Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 14:13-15 ; Jeremiah 23:14-40 ). Have seen vain and foolish things; i.e. have announced "visions" (prophecies) of an unreal and irrational tenor. Comp. Jeremiah 23:13 , where the same word here paraphrased as "irrational" (literally, insipid ) occurs. Discovered ; i.e. disclosed. To turn away... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

The vision of falsehood and folly. Visions from the Lord have ceased ( Lamentations 2:9 ). But the prophets continue to see visions of earthly limitation or even of diabolical delusion. These visions are false and foolish. Better have none than such. I. PROPHECY IN ITS CORRUPTION SEES THE FALSE AND FOOLISH IN PLACE OF THE TRUE AND WORTHY . 1 . The mission of prophecy is to see and declare wisdom and reality. The attractiveness of the teaching is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

The share of the prophets in ruining Jerusalem. I. WHAT THE PROPHET OUGHT TO BE . The prophet of those times was a man bound to say things having depth and substance in them. And though the prophet has ceased, so far as formal office is concerned, yet there are still Divine things to be seen, and, when seen, spoken about by those qualified to speak. There are the deep things of God to be penetrated and explored by those willing to receive the insight. The Holy Spirit of God,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:14

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, “They have not disclosed to thee thy sins, that so thou mightest repent, and I might have turned away thy captivity.”Burdens - Applied contemptuously to predictions which proved “false” or “empty,” i. e. failed of accomplishment. On the deduction to be drawn from this, see Jeremiah 28:9.Causes of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 2:14

Lamentations 2:14. 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 idle tales, the fancies of their own minds, deluding thee with hopes of not being carried into captivity, or of a speedy return therefrom. They have not discovered thine iniquity, &c. They have not given thy people a just sense of their iniquities, in order that, by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:1-22

Sufferings sent by God (2:1-22)In this poem the main theme is that the calamity that has befallen Judah has been the work of God. He has humbled the exalted nation; he has turned her glory into darkness (2:1). City and field, temple and fortress have been destroyed by him. They expected God to be the defender of his people, but he has been the attacker. Far from showing pity towards them, he has been angry with them (2-5).God has destroyed the temple and left it looking like an old broken-down... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 2:10-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 2:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:1-22

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