Jeremiah 8:11

Jeremiah 8:11 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

11They dress the wound of my people

as though it were not serious.

“Peace, peace,” they say,

when there is no peace.

11“They have healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

But there is no peace.

11“For they have treated the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

When there is no peace.

11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people

with very little care,

saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

when there is no peace at all.

11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

11For they haue healed the hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete woordes, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,

“Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

11They bandage the wounds of my people

as if they were not very deep.

‘Peace, peace,’ they say.

But there isn’t any peace.

11They tell my dear people that their wounds are not bad.

They say to them,

“No problem! You will have peace.”

But there will be no peace for my people.

11And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, || Saying, Peace, peace! And there is no peace.