Yesaya 30:10

30:10 They ¹  say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”

and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! ² 

Tell us nice things,

relate deceptive messages. ³ 

Yeremia 6:14

6:14 They offer only superficial help

for the harm my people have suffered. ⁴ 

They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’

But everything is not all right! ⁵ 

[30:10]  ¹ tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:10]  ² tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”

[30:10]  ³ tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “They heal [= bandage] the wound of my people lightly”; TEV “They act as if my people’s wounds were only scratches.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”