Jeremiah 8:11

Jeremiah 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• New International Version (NIV)They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

Context of Jeremiah 8:11

9The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord; So what wisdom do they have? 10Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely. For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace. 12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; In the time of their punishment They shall be cast down,” says the Lord. 13“I will surely consume them,” says the Lord. “No grapes shall be on the vine, Nor figs on the fig tree, And the leaf shall fade; And the things I have given them shall pass away from them.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 8:11 word by word

וַיְרַפּ֞וּ אֶת־שֶׁ֤בֶר בַּת־עַמִּי֙ עַל־נְקַלָּ֔ה לֵאמֹ֖ר שָׁל֣וֹם׀ שָׁל֑וֹם וְאֵ֖ין שָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For they have healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• the hurtשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• slightlyקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:11

• Jeremiah 6:14They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.
• Jeremiah 14:14And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.
• Jeremiah 27:9Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.”
• Jeremiah 28:3Within two full years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
• 1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
• Lamentations 2:14Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.
• Ezekiel 13:10“Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar—
• Micah 2:11If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’ Even he would be the prattler of this people.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 These verses are almost identical with Jeremiah 6:12-15. Jeremiah 8:10 To them that shall inherit them - Rather, “to those that shall take possession of them, i. e., “to conquerors who shall take them by force.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-13Verses 4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that leads to life, to that which leads to destruction. 2. They would not attend to the warning of conscience. They did not take the first step towards repentance: true repentance begins in serious inquiry as to what we have done, from conviction that we have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12These verses repeat Jeremiah 6:13–15 from earlier.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. Repeated from Jr 6:12-15. See a similar repetition, Jr 8:15; Jr 14:19. inherit--succeed to the possession of them.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:11

• Backsliders
• Church
• Confidence
• Impenitence
• Minister, Christian
• Nation
• Patriotism

In the dictionaries

• Repent
• Snorting
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Heal
• Hurt
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings