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וַֽיְרַפְּא֞וּ אֶת־שֶׁ֤בֶר עַמִּי֙ עַל־נְקַלָּ֔ה לֵאמֹ֖ר שָׁלֹ֣ום שָׁלֹ֑ום וְאֵ֖ין שָׁלֹֽום׃ (Jeremiah 6:14) And they healed the fracture of My people lightly saying “Peace, peace” but there is no peace The Grammar of Denial Jeremiah 6:14 is a damning indictment of false prophets and shallow leadership. It weaves together deceptive speech, superficial healing, and syntactic irony—all in a single verse. At the heart of this verse lies a deceptive healing verb וַיְרַפְּאוּ, a construct chain שֶׁבֶר עַמִּי, and a disjunctive negation וְאֵין שָׁלוֹם.… Learn Hebrew