Jeremiah 8:11

11 And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 8:11

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people,
&c.] (See Gill on Jeremiah 6:14), (See Gill on Jeremiah 6:15).

Jeremiah 8:11 In-Context

9 [The] wise will be put to shame, they will be dismayed, and they will get taken. Look, they have rejected the word of Yahweh, and what [is] wisdom to them?

10 Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

11 And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.

12 Were they ashamed, for they had committed a detestable thing? What's worse, they were not ashamed at all, and they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall; at the time of their punishment they will stumble," says Yahweh.

13 "{I will take away their harvest}," {declares} Yahweh. "There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree, and the leaves wither, and [what] I gave to them passed over them." '"

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to say"