And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
Jeremiah 8:11 - King James 2000 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. American Standard Version (1901) And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Common English Bible They treat the wound of my people as if it were nothing: “All is well, all is well,” they insist, when in fact nothing is well. Catholic Public Domain Version And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: 'Peace, peace,' though there was no peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying, Peace, Peace: when there was no peace. |
And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say unto everyone that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not uncovered your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have given you false oracles and causes of banishment.
Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not turn from his wicked way, to save his life:
If a man walking in the spirit of falsehood does lie, saying, I will prophesy unto you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.