NET Bible
"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!"
— Jeremiah 6:14, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
I am as full of anger as you are, LORD, I am tired of trying to hold it in.”The LORD answered,“Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
Their houses will be turned over to others as will their fields and their wives. For I will unleash my power against those who live in this land,”says the LORD.
“That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
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!
Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”says the LORD.
The LORD said to his people:“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said,“We will not follow it!”
The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”