Jeremiah 30:17 “But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD…”

Jeremiah 30:17

But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

World English Bible

For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says the LORD, “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”

American Standard Version

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I will restore health vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy woundes, saith the Lord, because they called thee, The cast away, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Darby Translation

For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast: This is Zion that no man seeketh after.

Young's Literal Translation

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For 'Outcast' they have called to thee, 'Zion it [is], there is none seeking for her.'

Bible in Basic English

For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.

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Cross references

“For I”

Psalm 107:20 Jeremiah 33:6 1 Peter 2:24 Psalm 103:3 Exodus 15:26 Psalm 23:3

Psalm 107:20 · BSB

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

Jeremiah 33:6 · BSB

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

1 Peter 2:24 · BSB

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Psalm 103:3 · BSB

He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,

Exodus 15:26 · BSB

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I…

Psalm 23:3 · BSB

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

“they”

Psalm 12:5 Isaiah 11:12 Nehemiah 4:1–4 Psalm 79:9–11 Psalm 44:13–16 Ezekiel 35:12

Psalm 12:5 · BSB

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Isaiah 11:12 · BSB

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Nehemiah 4:1–4 · BSB

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

Psalm 79:9–11 · BSB

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

Psalm 44:13–16 · BSB

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

Ezekiel 35:12 · BSB

Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

Also

Jeremiah 8:22 Jeremiah 33:24

Jeremiah 8:22 · BSB

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Jeremiah 33:24 · BSB

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

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