14 They have also (A)healed the [a]hurt of My people [b]slightly,
(B)Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:14 Lit. crushing
  2. Jeremiah 6:14 Superficially

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

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14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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10 “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, (A)‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they (B)plaster[a] it with untempered mortar

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  1. Ezekiel 13:10 Or whitewash

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(A) saying, “Peace,”(B) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(C)

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10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

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17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, (A)“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who (B)walks according to the [a]dictates of his own heart, they say,
(C)‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 23:17 stubbornness or imagination

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.’

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17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

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10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
(A)Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
(B)Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the [a]heart.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Lit. soul

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(A) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(B) when the sword is at our throats!”

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10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

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14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (B)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (C)prophecies and delusions.

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14 The visions of your prophets
    were false(A) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
    to ward off your captivity.(B)
The prophecies they gave you
    were false and misleading.(C)

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14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

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13 (A)Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you [a]assured (B)peace in this place.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 14:13 true

13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(A) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(B) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(C) in this place.’”

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13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [b]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [c]bondage.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
  2. 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
  3. 2 Peter 2:19 slavery

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(C)

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18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

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Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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11 For they have (A)healed the hurt of the daughter of My people [a]slightly,
Saying, (B)‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
12 Were they (C)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:11 Superficially

11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.(A)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(B) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(C)
says the Lord.(D)

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

12 Were 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 the Lord.

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