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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 8:15 Catholic Bible: We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/jeremiah/8-15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/jeremiah/8-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/jeremiah/8-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/jeremiah/1.htm">Jeremiah</a> > <a href="/gntd/jeremiah/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/8-14.htm" title="Jeremiah 8:14">◄</a> Jeremiah 8:15 <a href="../jeremiah/8-16.htm" title="Jeremiah 8:16">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/jeremiah/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />We look for peace, but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/jeremiah/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We wait for peace to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/jeremiah/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a> And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a> Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../micah/1-12.htm">Micah 1:12</a> And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the house adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/jeremiah/8.htm">Judah's Sin and Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced city, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and hath given us water of gall to drink: for we have sinned against the Lord. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl">We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.</span><span class="reftext">16</span>The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/30-26.htm">Job 30:26</a></span><br />I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a></span><br />And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a></span><br />Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Dismay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-9.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Health</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Hoped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-13.htm">Well-Being</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Dismay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Health</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-18.htm">Hoped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-16.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Well-Being</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a behold but came come for good has healing hoped no of only peace terror there time waited was We<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace but no good (Jer.) 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