Oracles (also translated as visions
) are prophetic words, usually doom-laden pronouncements against foreign nations (see also Isaiah 13:1; Nahum 1:1). In this context, the prophets had pronounced that the prosperity of Jerusalem is secure, and that divine doom would fall upon her oppressors (see Jeremiah 28:2–4). In reality, the true oracles from God, as faithfully conveyed by his prophets, warned about the terrible impending judgement over Jerusalem.1
14 Tes prophètes ont eu pour toi des visions vaines et fausses; Ils n'ont pas mis à nu ton iniquité, Afin de détourner de toi la captivité; Ils t'ont donné des oracles mensongers et trompeurs.