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They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt <i>of the daughter</i> of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <i>there is</i> no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When <i>there is</i> no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, &#8216Peace, peace,&#8217 But there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They have treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ When there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially, claiming, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have treated My people&#8217s brokenness superficially, claiming, &#8220Peace, peace,&#8221 when there is no peace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They treat my people's wounds as though they were not serious, saying, 'Everything is alright! Everything is alright!' But it's not alright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. 'All is well,' they say, when all is not well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They treated my people's wound superficially, telling them, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ?Peace, peace,? when there is no peace at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, peace.' when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, "" Saying, Peace, peace! And there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will heal the breaking of the daughter of my people by making light, and saying, Peace, peace; and no peace.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They have treated lightly the injury to my people: “Peace, peace!” they say, though there is no peace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And yet they try to heal the wound of the daughter of my people mockingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they heal the breach of the house of my people in mockery, and they were saying, “Peace, peace!” and there is no peace<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, Saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they healed the breach of my people <i>imperfectly</i>, making light <i>of it</i>, and saying, Peace, peace, and where is peace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1880" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Jerusalem's Final Warning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: way·rap·pə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">They dress</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: še·ḇer (N-msc) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">the wound</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043: nə·qal·lāh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be slight, swift or trifling. A primitive root; to be light, literally Or figuratively.">with very little care,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šā·lō·wm (N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">‘Peace,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šā·lō·wm (N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">peace,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">when there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šā·lō·wm (N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">peace at all.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10-11</a></span><br />They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-22.htm">Isaiah 48:22</a></span><br />“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-21.htm">Isaiah 57:21</a></span><br />“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a></span><br />They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. / They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a></span><br />For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-26.htm">Luke 6:26</a></span><br />Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a></span><br />For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.</p><p class="hdg">healed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11,12</a></b></br> For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <i>there is</i> no peace… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a></b></br> Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and <i>there was</i> no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered <i>morter</i>:</p><p class="hdg">hurt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></b></br> From the sole of the foot even unto the head <i>there is</i> no soundness in it; <i>but</i> wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm">Isaiah 30:26</a></b></br> Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.</p><p class="hdg">peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a></b></br> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12</a></b></br> They have belied the LORD, and said, <i>It is</i> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13</a></b></br> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Brokenness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-2.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-19.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Lightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-4.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Slightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Superficially</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm">Wound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Brokenness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Lightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Slightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Superficially</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Wound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Wounds</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">The enemies sent against Judah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">encourage themselves.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">God sets them on work because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">He proclaims God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They dress the wound of My people with very little care</b><br>This phrase highlights the superficial and inadequate response of the leaders and prophets of Judah to the spiritual and moral decay of the nation. The "wound" symbolizes the deep-seated sin and rebellion against God. The leaders' attempts to address these issues are compared to a careless dressing of a wound, indicating a lack of genuine concern or effective action. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God condemns leaders who fail to shepherd His people properly (<a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-4</a>). The imagery of a wound suggests a need for healing that only God can provide, pointing to the ultimate healing through Christ (<a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>).<p><b>saying, ‘Peace, peace,’</b><br>The repetition of "peace" emphasizes the false assurances given by the leaders and prophets. In the historical context, this was a time of impending judgment and destruction due to the Babylonian threat. The leaders' declarations of peace were misleading, as they ignored the reality of the situation and the need for repentance. This false sense of security is a recurring theme in Scripture, where people are warned against those who proclaim peace when there is none (<a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a>). It serves as a caution against complacency and the danger of ignoring God's warnings.<p><b>when there is no peace at all</b><br>This phrase underscores the stark contrast between the leaders' declarations and the actual state of affairs. The absence of peace is both a physical reality, with the threat of invasion, and a spiritual reality, with the people's estrangement from God. Theologically, true peace is found only in reconciliation with God, which the leaders failed to facilitate. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of Jesus as the Prince of Peace (<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>), who offers genuine peace through His sacrifice (<a href="/john/14-27.htm">John 14:27</a>). The false peace of Jeremiah's time serves as a warning to discern true peace that comes from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to the messages he delivered.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_prophets.htm">False Prophets</a></b><br>Religious leaders in Judah who misled the people by proclaiming false assurances of peace and security, contrary to the true message of impending judgment that God had given to Jeremiah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is deeply concerned with the spiritual state of His people and who communicates His will through His prophets.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wound_of_my_people.htm">The Wound of My People</a></b><br>A metaphor for the spiritual and moral decay of Judah, which the false prophets were superficially addressing without confronting the root issues.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_superficial_solutions.htm">The Danger of Superficial Solutions</a></b><br>Addressing spiritual issues with superficial solutions leads to greater harm. True healing requires confronting and repenting from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_leadership.htm">Discernment in Leadership</a></b><br>Believers must be discerning about the messages they receive from leaders, ensuring they align with God's truth rather than comforting lies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_peace.htm">The Importance of True Peace</a></b><br>True peace comes from reconciliation with God, not from ignoring or minimizing sin. Seek peace through genuine repentance and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_leaders.htm">The Role of Prophets and Leaders</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders are called to faithfully communicate God's truth, even when it is difficult or unpopular, rather than seeking to please people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_god's_warnings.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring God's Warnings</a></b><br>Ignoring God's warnings leads to destruction. Heed His call to repentance and transformation to avoid spiritual ruin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_of_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 says false prophets treat serious sins lightly; is there any external historical evidence verifying these supposed prophets or their teachings? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_corrupt_prophets_in_jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah 23:11–12: Are there any historical or archaeological findings that confirm or refute the portrayal of corrupt prophets and priests in Jeremiah’s era? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_positive_thinking.htm">What does the Bible say about positive thinking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lamentations_4_13_align_with_communal_guilt.htm">(Lamentations 4:13) How does blaming prophets and priests for the downfall align or conflict with other biblical teachings on communal guilt? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">They have healed . . . slightly.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">as a thing of nought, a light matter. </span>The words "of the daughter" are in italics, as indicating that the marginal reading of the Hebrew omits them. They are found, however, in the present text.<p><span class= "bld">Peace, peace.</span>--The word is taken almost in the sense of "health," as in <a href="/context/genesis/43-27.htm" title="And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?">Genesis 43:27-28</a>, and elsewhere. The false prophets were as physicians who told the man suffering from a fatal disease that he was in full health. As the previous words show, the prophet has in his mind the false encouragements given by those who should have been the true guides of the people. Looking at Josiah's reformation as sufficient to win the favour of Jehovah, they met Jeremiah's warnings of coming evil by the assurance that all was well, and that invasion and conquest were far-off dangers.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They have healed</span>, etc. The full force of the verb is, "they have busied themselves about healing" (so <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a>). <span class="accented">Of the daughter</span>. Our translators evidently had before them a text which omitted these words, in accordance with many Hebrew manuscripts and the Septuagint; Van der Hooght's text, however, contains them, as also does the parallel passage (<a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Slightly</span>; or, <span class="accented">lightly</span>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐξουθενοῦντες</span>. <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Saying, Peace, peace</span>. Always the burden of the mere professional prophets, who, as one of a higher order - the bold, uncompromising Micah - fittingly characterizes them," bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace;" <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. draw flattering pictures of the state and prospects of their country, in order to "line their own pockets" (<a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They have dressed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְרַפְּא֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·rap·pə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wound</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֤בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with very little care,</span><br /><span class="heb">נְקַלָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(nə·qal·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7043.htm">Strong's 7043: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slight, swift or trifling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Peace,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁל֣וֹם ׀</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">peace,’</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁל֑וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when there is no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֖ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">peace [at all].</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁלֽוֹם׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:14 They have healed also the hurt (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>