Lamentations 2:14

Lam 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.

Ver. 14. Thy prophets. ] Thine, and not mine; for thou art miserable by thine own election, accessary to thine own ruin.

Have seen vain and foolish things for thee. ] Visions of vanity, sapless and savourless stuff; the fruit, or rather froth, of their own fancies. Jer 23:9-14

And they have not discovered thine iniquity. ] Conviction maketh way for conversion, and so preventeth utter subversion.

But have seen for thee false burdens, ] viz., Against Babylon, in confidence whereof thou hast been hardened and heartened in thy sinful practices, to thine utter undoing.

And causes of banishment, ] scil., Eventually, and as it hath proved.