Catholic Public Domain Version
"And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace. "
— Jeremiah 6:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”
“They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. ”
“They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, peace!' when there is no peace.”
“They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say,‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!”
“And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace.”
“And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”
“They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”
For this reason, I have been filled with the fury of the Lord. I labor to bear it. Let it be poured out upon the child outside, or upon a group of young men meeting together. For a man will be taken captive with a woman, an elder will be taken captive with one who is full of days.
And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.
Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.
And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace.
They were confounded, because they committed an abomination. Or rather, they were not confounded with shame, because they did not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among those who are being destroyed. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.”
Thus says the Lord: “Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: ‘We will not walk.’
And I appointed watchers over you, saying: ‘Listen for the sound of the trumpet.’ And they said: ‘We will not listen.’