Second weakness of the world's peace

True peace cannot be found when we lose our shame and sensitivity to sin. During Jeremiah’s traumatic life, he observed why peace was failing among his people. They were covetous and treated people wrongly. The prophet and priest’s proclamation of “Peace, peace!” offered only a superficial treatment for the people’s mortal wounds of falsehood. Their peace was a delusion and a deception. Because they felt no shame when they sinned, they would experience destruction.
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“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the LORD. Jeremiah 6:13-15

One verse later we read God’s solution but also the tragic rejection by the people of God’s solution.
Thus says the LORD: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16

True peace can be found in God’s Word, the Bible. The advice found there helps our souls find rest.