Jeremiah 6:14 - Exposition

They have healed , etc. The full force of the verb is, "they have busied themselves about healing" (so Jeremiah 8:11 ; Jeremiah 51:9 ). Of the daughter . Our translators evidently had before them a text which omitted these words, in accordance with many Hebrew manuscripts and the Septuagint; Van der Hooght's text, however, contains them, as also does the parallel passage ( Jeremiah 8:11 ). Slightly ; or, lightly ; Septuagint, ἐξουθενοῦντες . Saying, Peace, peace . Always the burden of the mere professional prophets, who, as one of a higher order—the bold, uncompromising Micah—fittingly characterizes them," bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace;" i . e . draw flattering pictures of the state and prospects of their country, in order to "line their own pockets" ( Micah 3:5 ).