Jeremiah 8:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:13

Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah whispered, “Micaiah, all the prophets have good news for Ahab. Now go and say the same thing.”

1 Kings 22:6

Ahab sent for about four hundred prophets and asked, “Should I attack the Syrians at Ramoth?” “Yes!” the prophets answered. “The Lord will help you defeat them.”

Jeremiah 14:13

I replied, “The other prophets keep telling everyone that you won't send starvation or war, and that you're going to give us peace.”

Jeremiah 23:17

These prophets go to people who refuse to respect me and who are stubborn and do whatever they want. The prophets tell them, “The LORD has promised everything will be fine.”

Jeremiah 6:14

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets deceived you with false visions and lying messages— they should have warned you to leave your sins and be saved from disaster.

Ezekiel 13:22

They do things I would never do. They lie to good people and encourage them to do wrong, and they convince the wicked to keep sinning and ruin their lives.

Micah 2:11

The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, “Drink and get drunk!”

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.