THEOSISJeremiah 8:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.
קַוֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם וְאֵ֣ין ט֑וֹב לְעֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 14:19Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.
- Jer 4:10And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?
- 1 Thess 5:3For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
- Jer 8:11And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.
- Mic 1:12For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.