KJV King James Version
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
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Jeremiah 8:11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
WEB World English Bible
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
ASV American Standard Version
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8
8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: [there shall be] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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וַיְרַפּ֞וּH7495 · ra.pahto healאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֶׁ֤בֶרH7667 · she.verbreakingבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterעַמִּי֙H5971 · ampeopleעַל־H5921 · aluponנְקַלָּ֔הH7043 · qa.lalto lightenלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayשָׁל֣וֹם׀H7965 · sha.lompeaceשָׁל֑וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceוְאֵ֖יןH369 · a.yinnothingשָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965 · sha.lompeace
Cross-references
Jeremiah 6:14They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.Ezekiel 13:10-16Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [morter]:Jeremiah 14:14-15Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.Jeremiah 28:3-9Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:Lamentations 2:14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.Jeremiah 27:9-10Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:Micah 2:11If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.Ezekiel 13:22Because with lies ye 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 return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
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