8:11 They offer only superficial help
for the hurt my dear people 1 have suffered. 2
They say, “Everything will be all right!”
But everything is not all right! 3
8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.
We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. 4
1 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.
2 tn Heb “They heal the wound of my people lightly.”
3 tn Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”
4 tn Heb “[We hoped] for a time of healing but behold terror.”