Jeremiah 8:15

WEB

¹⁵We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

KJV

¹⁵We looked^[+] for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

BSB

¹⁵We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

FBV

¹⁵We hoped for peace, but instead nothing good has come; we hoped for a time of healing, but instead there was only sudden terror.”

Extra References

Jeremiah 14:19

¹⁹Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

Micah 1:12

¹²For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

³For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

Jeremiah 4:10

¹⁰Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Jeremiah 8:11

¹¹They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.