Discovery BoxJeremiah 8:15 
Context8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.
We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. 1
Jeremiah 9:14
Context9:14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to 2 the gods called Baal, 3 as their fathers 4 taught them to do.
1 tn Heb “[We hoped] for a time of healing but behold terror.”
2 tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.
3 tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).
4 tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.
