Lamentations 2:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² They ask their mothers,
    “Where is the grain and wine?”
They faint like wounded soldiers
    in the ·streets [public areas] of the city
and ·die [^Lpour out their lives] in their mothers’ ·arms [^Lbosom].

¹³ What can I ·say [testify] about you, [^Ldaughter] Jerusalem?
    What can I compare you to?
What can I say you are like?
    How can I comfort you, ·Jerusalem [^Lvirgin daughter Zion; ^Clocation of the Temple]?
Your ·ruin [wound] is as ·deep [great] as the sea.
    ·No one [^LWho…?] can heal you.

¹⁴ Your prophets saw visions,
    but they were ·false [empty] and ·worth nothing [insipid; nonsense; Ezek. 10:10–12].
They did not ·point out [expose] your ·sins [guilt]
    to ·keep you from being captured [or restore your fortunes].
They ·preached what was [^Lsaw oracles for you that were] ·false [empty]
    and ·led you wrongly [fraudulent].