Verse 25

Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 57:21 : 21 'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.'
  • Isa 59:8-9 : 8 The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace. 9 Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. 10 We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Indeed, our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities.
  • Jer 8:15-16 : 15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but there is only terror. 16 The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; the neighing of their mighty stallions causes the whole land to tremble. They come and devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.
  • Lam 4:17-18 : 17 Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us. 18 Our steps were closely pursued so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were fulfilled, for our end had come.
  • Ezek 13:10 : 10 Because they have misled my people by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it over with whitewash,
  • Ezek 13:16 : 16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and claimed visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 The inhabitants of Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.