Jeremiah 8:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Job 30:26

But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.

Jeremiah 12:12

A destroying army marches along desert roads and attacks everywhere. They are my deadly sword; no one is safe from them.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 4:10

I said, “You are the LORD God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?”

Jeremiah 6:25

The LORD said, “Don't work in your fields or walk along the roads. It's too dangerous. The enemy is well armed

Jeremiah 8:11

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

Ezekiel 7:25

You will be terrified and will desperately look for peace—but there will be no peace.

Micah 1:12

Everyone in Maroth hoped for the best, but the LORD sent disaster down on Jerusalem.

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.