Lamentations 2:14
"Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading."
I generally try to keep my sins hidden. It is embarrassing for others to know my flaws. Yet in this verse the prophet declares that the prophets have failed for "they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes". In other words, it would have been a good thing to have the people's sins exposed. This is because healing must be based on truth. When we ignore or hide our sins, we are pretending that that they don't exist, and are living in denial. Because the prophets never confronted the people, they never had a chance to repent and change. It actually would have been a mercy to the people to have their sins exposed earlier, because now they were suffering the consequences in the fall and exile of Judah.
Heavenly Father, give me the courage to face my many sins.
"Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading."
I generally try to keep my sins hidden. It is embarrassing for others to know my flaws. Yet in this verse the prophet declares that the prophets have failed for "they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes". In other words, it would have been a good thing to have the people's sins exposed. This is because healing must be based on truth. When we ignore or hide our sins, we are pretending that that they don't exist, and are living in denial. Because the prophets never confronted the people, they never had a chance to repent and change. It actually would have been a mercy to the people to have their sins exposed earlier, because now they were suffering the consequences in the fall and exile of Judah.
Heavenly Father, give me the courage to face my many sins.