Jeremiah 8:15

Modern English Version

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, terror!

Cross References

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil disaster came upon me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

Jeremiah 12:12

The destroyers have come upon all high places through the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No one shall have peace.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but there was nothing good; and for the time of healing, but behold, trouble!

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ whereas the sword reaches the throat.”

Jeremiah 6:25

Do not go out into the field, nor walk on the road. For the sword of the enemy and terror is on every side.”

Jeremiah 8:11

For they have healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

Ezekiel 7:25

When destruction comes, then they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.

Micah 1:12

Indeed the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because calamity has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.