Jeremiah 6 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 6:14

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 6:14 in other translations

BSBThey dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
WEBThey have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
ASVThey have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
YLTAnd they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
DARBYAnd they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
BBEAnd they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
WebsterThey have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

What does Jeremiah 6:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. hurt--the spiritual wound. slightly--as if it were but a slight wound; or, in a slight manner, pronouncing all sound where there is no soundness. saying--namely, the prophets and priests (Jr 6:13). Whereas they ought to warn the people of impending judgments and the need of repentance, they say there is nothing to fear. peace--including soundness. All is sound in the nation's moral state, so all will be peace as to its political state (Jr 4:10; 8:11; 14:13; 23:17; Eze 13:5, 10; 22:28).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly - Of the daughter is not in the text, and is here improperly added: it is, however, in some MSS. Peace, peace - Ye shall have prosperity - when there was none, and when God had determined that there should be none. Here the prophets prophesied falsely; and the people continued in sin, being deceived by the priests and the prophets.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 6:9-17

When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. They were set upon the world, and wholly carried away by the love of it. If we judge of this sin by God's word, we find multitudes in every station and rank given up to it. Those are to be reckoned our worst and most dangerous enemies, who flatter us in a sinful way. Oh that men would be wise for their souls! Ask for the…

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Jeremiah 6:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְרַפְּא֞וּvay.ra.pe.'Uand they have healedH7495
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֶׁ֤בֶרShe.ver[the] fracture ofH7667
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971
עַל\־'al-onH5921
נְקַלָּ֔הne.ka.Laha trifling [thing]H7043
לֵאמֹ֖רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
שָׁל֣וֹם\׀sha.LompeaceH7965
שָׁל֑וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
וְאֵ֖יןve.'Einand there notH369
שָׁלֽוֹם\׃sha.Lom[is] peaceH7965

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Cross references for Jeremiah 6:14

  • Ezekiel 13:10

    Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

  • Jeremiah 23:17

    They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

  • Jeremiah 4:10

    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.

  • Lamentations 2:14

    Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

  • Jeremiah 14:13

    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.

  • Jeremiah 8:11-12

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

  • 2 Peter 2:18-19

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  • Micah 2:11

    If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  • 2 Peter 2:1

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

  • Jeremiah 5:12

    They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

  • Isaiah 30:26

    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.

  • Ezekiel 13:22

    Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
healed.
8:11,12; Eze 13:10
hurt. Heb. bruise, or breach.
14:17; Isa 1:6; 30:26
Peace.
4:10; 5:12; 14:13; 23:17; 28:3; La 2:14; Eze 13:22; Mic 2:11
2Pe 2:1,18,19

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Context

  • Jeremiah 6:13

    For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Jeremiah 6:14

    They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Jeremiah 6:15

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 6:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y curan el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo con liviandad, diciendo, Paz, paz; y no hay paz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils ont pansé la plaie de la fille de mon peuple légèrement, disant: Paix, paix! et il n’y avait point de paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie heilen die Wunde der Tochter meines Volkes leichthin und sprechen: Friede, Friede! und da ist doch kein Friede.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et curabant contritionem filiæ populi mei cum ignominia, dicentes: Pax, pax! et non erat pax.