Jeremiah 8:15
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We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
In other translations
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 4:10Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- Jeremiah 8:11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
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