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Jeremiah 8:15

HopePeace

13 I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

14 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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

16 The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

17 “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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!
DARBY
Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.
BLB
looking for peace, and no good [has come], and for a time of health, and behold, terror!
ÅB
Vi venter på fred, og det kommer intet godt, på legedoms tid, og se, det kommer forferdelse.
OTB
Vi håpet på fred, men ingen god kom; vi håpet på en tid for helbredelse, men se, terror!
B1930
Vi venter på fred, og det kommer intet godt, på lægedoms tid, og se, det kommer forferdelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 14:19

    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.

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  • Micah 1:12

    For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 4:10

    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.”

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  • Jeremiah 8:11

    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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