Verse 15

We hoped for peace, but no good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but there is only terror.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Does Your soul loathe Zion? Why have You struck us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace, but no good has come; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
  • 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.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • Jer 4:10 : 10 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at their throats.'
  • Jer 8:11 : 11 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.