Over the next several chapters in Lamentations, Jeremiah lives up to his reputation as a “weeping prophet”. He is weeping over the fall of Jerusalem.

The book of Lamentations is a perfect example of prophetic foreshadowing. In the last days, the apostate and false church can be substituted for Jerusalem. Read today’s reading again and see how it sounds with that substitution placed.

Lam 2:14
The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading.

The people of Jeremiah’s day listened to the false prophets who did not expose their sins. As a result the people went into captivity. If we are listening to prophets who do not expose sin, what happens to us?

We as Christians have a responsibility to listen to God’s Word and the teaching of the Holy Spirit and not words of false prophets. How do we know if we are hearing words from false prophets? Easy...be very familiar with God's Word, the Monument of Truth!