“I will extend peace^(A) to her like a river,^(B)
    and the wealth^(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.

¹⁴ They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
    when there is no peace.^(A)

¹¹ They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.^(A)

¹⁵ We hoped for peace^(A)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(B)

¹⁹ Have you rejected Judah completely?^(A)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?^(B)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(C)

¹⁷ They keep saying^(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(D) will come to you.’