They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
They have made others to hope ... - rather, 'they hoped' to confirm (i:e. make good) 'their word' by the event corresponding to their prophecy. The Hebrew х yichªluw (H3176)] requires this (Havernick). Also the parallel clause, "they have seen vanity," implies that they "believed their own lie" (2 Thessalonians 2:11). Subjective revelation is false, unless it rests on the objective.