Jeremiah 8:15
Strong's Lexicon
We hoped
קַוֵּ֥ה (qaw·wêh)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6960: 1) to wait, look for, hope, expect 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait or look eagerly for 1b2) to lie in wait for 1b3) to wait for, linger for 2) to collect, bind together 2a) (Niphal) to be collected

for peace,
לְשָׁל֖וֹם (lə·šā·lō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7965: 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace 1a) completeness (in number) 1b) safety, soundness (in body) 1c) welfare, health, prosperity 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment 1e) peace, friendship 1e1) of human relationships 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship 1f) peace (from war) 1g) peace (as adjective)

but no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

good [has come],
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

for a time
לְעֵ֥ת (lə·‘êṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6256: 1) time 1a) time (of an event) 1b) time (usual) 1c) experiences, fortunes 1d) occurrence, occasion

of healing,
מַרְפֵּ֖ה (mar·pêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4832: 1) health, healing, cure 1a) healing, cure 1b) health, profit, sound (of mind) 1c) healing 1c1) incurable (with negative)

but there
וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

was only terror.
בְעָתָֽה׃ (ḇə·‘ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1205: 1) terror, dismay

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Young's Literal Translation
Looking for peace—and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We hoped for peace, but  there was nothing  good; for a time of healing, but  there  was only terror. 

New American Standard Bible
[We] waited for peace, but no good [came]; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

King James Bible
We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Parallel Verses
New International Version
We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.

New Living Translation
We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.'

English Standard Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

New American Standard Bible
We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

King James Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

International Standard Version
We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.

NET Bible
We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

American Standard Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

English Revised Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!

Young's Literal Translation
Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.
















Cross References
Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Jeremiah 8:11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:13
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
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