Jeremiah 8:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 8:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 8:15 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 8:15 — KJV
“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!”
— Jeremiah 8:15 (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:15 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:15
“Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:15: looked, peace, good
“And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:15: looked, came, time
“And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. rank: Heb. fat”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:15: good, came, time
“Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:15: looked, came, time
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:15: looked, came, behold
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