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Jeremiah 8:15

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 8:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jeremiah 8:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12Were 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 Jehovah.
13I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: 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.
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
15We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“We looked for peace, etc.] Outward prosperity, affluence of temporal blessings, peace with enemies, and safety from them, which the false prophets had given them reason to expect; or which last they concluded and hoped for, from their being in the defenced cities: but no good came; they were disappointed in their expectation; the good that was promised them, and they looked for, never came, but all the reverse: and for a time of health; or, of healingf179; the political wounds of the commonwealth of Israel: and behold trouble! or “terror”f180; at the approach of the enemy, described in the following verses. The Targum is, “a time of pardon of offences, and, lo, a punishment of sins.”…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Repeated (Jer 14:19). We looked for--owing to the expectations held out by the false prophets. health--healing; that is, restoration from adversity.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Health ... trouble - Or, “rest ... terror.” return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jer 4:10, Jer 14:19; Mic 1:12; Th1 5:3 Jeremiah 8:16”
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