Jeremiah 8:15

Good News Translation

We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead.

Cross References

Job 30:26

I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.

Jeremiah 12:12

Across all the desert highlands people have come to plunder. I have sent war to destroy the entire land; no one can live in peace.

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate the people of Zion? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be healed? We looked for peace, but nothing good happened; we hoped for healing, but terror came instead.

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Sovereign Lord, you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats.”

Jeremiah 6:25

We don't dare go to the countryside or walk on the roads, because our enemies are armed and terror is all around us.”

Jeremiah 8:11

They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. ‘All is well,’ they say, when all is not well.

Ezekiel 7:25

Despair is coming. You will look for peace and never find it.

Micah 1:12

The people of Maroth anxiously wait for relief, because the Lord has brought disaster close to Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “Everything is quiet and safe,” then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.