Jeremiah 8:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.”
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“We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!”
King James Version · Public Domain“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Looking for peace--and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 8:15 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Jeremiah 4:10Then 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 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
- Jeremiah 12:12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have 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.
- Ezekiel 7:25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- Micah 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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