Jeremiah 8:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Common English Bible

¹¹ They treat the wound of my people as if it were nothing: “All is well, all is well,” they insist, when in fact nothing is well.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: 'Peace, peace,' though there was no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 Cross References

1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger who had gone to call Miḵ

1 Kings 22:6

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 14:13

But I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, the prophets say to them, ‘You are not to see a sword, nor have scarcity of food, for I give you true peace in this place.’ ”

Jeremiah 23:17

“They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘יהוה  has said you shall have peace.’ And to all who walk according to the stubbornness of their own heart they say, ‘No evil comes upon you.’ ”

Jeremiah 6:14

“And they heal the breach of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but there was no good; and for a time of healing, but see – fear!

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen Falsehood and folly for you, And have not shown you your crookedness, To turn back your captivity. But their visions for you Are false and misleading messages.

Ezekiel 13:22

“Because with falsehood you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad. And you have strengthened the hands of the wrong, so that he does not turn from his evil way, to keep him alive.

Micah 2:11

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood has lied: ‘I preach to you of wine and of strong drink,’ he shall be the ‘preacher’ of this people!

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then suddenly destruction comes upon them, as labour pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape.