Study it in the app“Your prophets have seen for you what is empty and insipid, and they have not exposed your iniquity to bring back your captivity; they have seen for you burdens that are empty and deceptions.”
Your prophetsנְבִיאַיִךְhave seenחָזוּfor youלָךְwhat is emptyשָׁוְאand insipid,וְתָפֵלand they have notוְלֹאexposedגִלּוּyour iniquityעַל עֲוֺנֵךְto bring back your captivity;לְהָשִׁיב שְׁבוּתֵךְthey have seenוַיֶּחֱזוּfor youלָךְburdensמַשְׂאוֹתthat are emptyשָׁוְאand deceptions.וּמַדּוּחִים
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviayi” appearssee a vision
To see in a vision from God.
Where else “chazu” appearsemptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appearstasteless
Flavorless; what is empty and useless.
Where else “tafel” appearsuncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gilu” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashiv” appearscaptivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevute” appearsburden
A weight carried, or a heavy message from God.
Where else “masot” appearsdeception, misleading
Deception, what leads someone away from the right path.
Where else “maduchim” appears“Burdens”: that is what the messages of the prophets were called (Jeremiah 23:33-38).
13What shall I cite as witness for you? What shall I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you so that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For great as the sea is your shattering; who can heal you?
14 · This verse (above)
15They clap their hands at you, all who pass by on the road; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that they called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth’?”
