Jeremiah 8:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped that he would forgive us, but only disaster has come.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Zion? You hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again. Why did you do that? We were hoping for peace, but nothing good has come. We were hoping for a time of healing, but only terror came.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly, like the pains of a woman giving birth. And those people will not escape.

Micah 1:12

The people living in Maroth wait for something good to happen, even though trouble has come down from the Lord and has reached the city gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 8:11

They should bandage the wounds my people have suffered, but they treat their wounds like small scratches. They say, “It’s all right, everything is all right.” But it is not all right!

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I, Jeremiah, said, “Lord GOD, you have tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said to them, ‘You will have peace.’ But now the sword is pointing at their throats!”

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, trouble came instead. When I looked for light, darkness came.

Jeremiah 6:25

Don’t go out into the fields. Don’t go on the roads because the enemy has swords, and there is danger everywhere.

Jeremiah 12:12

The empty hills are covered with soldiers who have come to destroy everything. The Lord is using them to punish that land from one end to the other. No one is safe.

Ezekiel 7:25

“You will shake with fear. You will look for peace, but there will be none.