Jeremiah 8 · Verse 11

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 8:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 8:11 in other translations

BSBThey dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
WEBThey have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
ASVAnd they have healed the hurt of the daughter 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 the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
WebsterFor they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

What does Jeremiah 8:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 8:10-12

10-12. Repeated from Jr 6:12-15. See a similar repetition, Jr 8:15; Jr 14:19. inherit--succeed to the possession of them.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 8:4-13

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…

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Jeremiah 8:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְרַפּ֞וּvay.ra.Puand they have healedH7495
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֶׁ֤בֶרShe.ver[the] fracture ofH7667
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
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

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 8:11

  • Jeremiah 6:14

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

  • Ezekiel 13:10-16

    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: Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. …

  • Jeremiah 28:3-9

    Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. …

  • Jeremiah 27:9-10

    Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 22:6

    Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • Jeremiah 14:14-15

    Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

  • 1 Kings 22:13

    And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

  • 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:

  • 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.

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6:14; 14:14,15; 27:9,10; 28:3-9; 1Ki 22:6,13; La 2:14
Eze 13:10-16,22; Mic 2:11

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Context

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • 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 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.

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Jeremiah 8:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y curaron 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 sanabant contritionem filiæ populi mei ad ignominiam, dicentes: Pax, pax! cum non esset pax.