We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

我们指望平安，却得不着好处；指望痊愈的时候，不料，受了惊惶。

我们指望平安，却得不着福气；指望痊愈时刻，看哪，受了惊惶。

我们指望平安，却得不着福气；指望痊愈时刻，看哪，受了惊惶。

我们期待平安，却没有平安；渴望得到医治，却饱受惊吓。

我们期待平安，却得不到好处；期待得医治的时候，不料，只有惊慌。

我們指望平安，卻得不着好處；指望痊癒的時候，不料，受了驚惶。

我們指望平安，卻得不着福氣；指望痊癒時刻，看哪，受了驚惶。

我們指望平安，卻得不着福氣；指望痊癒時刻，看哪，受了驚惶。

我們期待平安，卻沒有平安；渴望得到醫治，卻飽受驚嚇。

我們期待平安，卻得不到好處；期待得醫治的時候，不料，只有驚慌。

我們指望着平安，好處卻不來；指望得醫治時，唉，反而受了驚嚇！

我望平康、未得裨益、我期醫治、而受恐惶、

我望平康、不可復得、我望援手、禍患叢集。

我儕望平康、反遭災害、望得愈之時至、反受驚恐、

We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.

We hoped peace would come. But nothing good has happened to us. We hoped we would finally be healed. But there is only terror.

We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

“ We looked for peace, but no good came; And for a time of health, and there was trouble!

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

We looked for peace, but no good[ came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

Then I said,“ LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

Now when they are saying,“ There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

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!

In response to all this I said,“ Ah, Lord GOD, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say,‘ You will be safe!’ But in fact a sword is already at our throats.”

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.