Jeremiah 6:14They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, peace!' when there is no peace.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~605 BC. Jeremiah watches temple priests and court prophets tell King Jehoiakim what he wants to hear while Babylonian armies gather...
The emotion here: heartbroken watching people choose lies over painful truth
The original word
qalal (קלל) — to treat lightly, make trivial what should be taken seriously
Why it matters
False prophets outnumbered true prophets 400 to 1 in Ahab's court
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 6:14
The word 'superficially' literally means 'lightly' — like putting a band-aid on a severed artery
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about political correctness or being 'positive,' but it's about medical malpractice — spiritual doctors giving false diagnoses to dying patients.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 6:14
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 6:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 6:14 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include false comfort, shallow ministry, spiritual malpractice. Notable phrases: healed superficially; peace peace; no peace. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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