Jeremiah 6:14 “They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peac…”

Jeremiah 6:14

They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

World English Bible

They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.

American Standard Version

They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Geneva Bible 1599

They haue healed also ye hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete woordes, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

Darby Translation

And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

Young's Literal Translation

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.

Bible in Basic English

And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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Cross references

“healed”

Ezekiel 13:10 Jeremiah 8:11 Jeremiah 8:12

Ezekiel 13:10 · BSB

Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

Jeremiah 8:11 · BSB

They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

“hurt”

Isaiah 30:26 Jeremiah 14:17 Isaiah 1:6

Isaiah 30:26 · BSB

The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds H…

Jeremiah 14:17 · BSB

You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

“Peace”

Jeremiah 23:17 Jeremiah 4:10 Lamentations 2:14 Jeremiah 14:13 Micah 2:11 Jeremiah 5:12

Jeremiah 23:17 · BSB

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

Jeremiah 4:10 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Lamentations 2:14 · BSB

The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

Jeremiah 14:13 · BSB

“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

Micah 2:11 · BSB

If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

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