Translations
For the household idols speak only wickedness, and the diviners see only lies; they speak empty dreams and offer comfort that vanishes like vapour. And so the people wander like a leaderless flock, suffering because there is no shepherd.
For the teraphim speak wickedness, and the diviners see lies; they speak dreams of emptiness — their comfort is mere vapour. So the people wander like a flock, afflicted because there is no shepherd.
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
