Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no happiness is here; for a time of cure, and behold here is terror.”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:10Then said I, Ah, Lord Eternal! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Jeremiah 8:11And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people very lightly, saying, Peace, peace: when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou entirely rejected Judah? or hath thy soul loathing on Zion? why hast thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us? we hoped for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold, there is terror!
Micah 1:12For the inhabitress of Maroth is grieved for the [lost] good; because evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22
Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have… Read the whole commentary →