Jer 8:11 | NETfull | STEP | They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!

Jeremiah 8:11

11 They offer only superficial help
for the hurt my dear people ^{▼▼ Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.} have suffered. ^{▼▼ Heb “They heal the wound of my people lightly.”}
They say, “Everything will be all right!”
But everything is not all right! ^{▼▼ Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”}