Jeremiah 8:15

New Living Translation

We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

Cross References

Job 30:26

So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

Jeremiah 12:12

On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you really hate Jerusalem? Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing? We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, the people have been deceived by what you said, for you promised peace for Jerusalem. But the sword is held at their throats!”

Jeremiah 6:25

Don’t go out to the fields! Don’t travel on the roads! The enemy’s sword is everywhere and terrorizes us at every turn!

Jeremiah 8:11

They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

Ezekiel 7:25

Terror and trembling will overcome my people. They will look for peace but not find it.

Micah 1:12

The people of Maroth anxiously wait for relief, but only bitterness awaits them as the Lord’s judgment reaches even to the gates of Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.