Jeremiah 8:15

New Century Version

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped for a time when he would heal us, but only terror has come.

Cross References

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, only evil came to me; when I looked for light, darkness came.

Jeremiah 12:12

Many soldiers have marched over those barren hills. The Lord is using the armies to punish that land from one end to the other. No one is safe.

Jeremiah 14:19

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

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Lord God, you have tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said, ‘You will have peace,’ but now the sword is pointing at our throats!”

Jeremiah 6:25

Don’t go out into the fields or walk down the roads, because the enemy has swords. There is terror on every side.

Jeremiah 8:11

They tried to heal my people’s serious injuries as if they were small wounds. They said, “It’s all right, it’s all right.” But really, it is not all right.

Ezekiel 7:25

When the people are suffering greatly, they will look for peace, but there will be none.

Micah 1:12

Those who live in Maroth will be anxious for good news to come, because trouble will come from the Lord, all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “We have peace and we are safe,” they will be destroyed quickly. It is like pains that come quickly to a woman having a baby. Those people will not escape.