Jeremiah 8:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ We longed for relief, but received none; for a time of healing, but found only terror.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread."

Jeremiah 8:15 Cross References

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, yet disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 8:11

They have treated the wound of the daughter of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, how utterly you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ even while the sword is at the throat!”

Job 30:26

But when I looked for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

Jeremiah 6:25

Do not go out into the field or walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.”

Jeremiah 12:12

Upon all the bare heights in the desert, spoilers have come, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no one shall be safe.

Ezekiel 7:25

When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.