The People Respond
Jeremiah 8:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- KJV
- We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
- WEB
- We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
- ASV
- We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- LSV
- Looking for peace—and there is no good, || For a time of healing, and behold—terror.
- YLT
- Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.
- DBY
- Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.
- DRC
- We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.
- GNV
- We looked for peace, but no good came, and for a time of health, and behold troubles.
- JPS
- We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!'
- LXXE
- We assembled for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, but behold anxiety.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- קַוֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם וְאֵ֣ין ט֑וֹב לְעֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Συνήχθημεν εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀγαθὰ, εἰς καιρὸν ἰάσεως, καὶ ἰδοὺ σπουδή.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HealthCovenant, the NewCitiesImpenitenceJeremiah (2)BackslidersIsrael, Prophecies concerningSinChurch
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 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.
- 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.
- Micah 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- 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 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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).