New English Translation
Jeremiah 30:17
17Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”
Jeremiah 30:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: 'It is Zion, for whom no one cares!'
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.” ’
Context of Jeremiah 30:17
15Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. 16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged. Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.” 18The Lord says, “I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site. 19Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
Read all of Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 30:17 word by word
כִּי֩ אַעֲלֶ֨ה אֲרֻכָ֥ה לָ֛ךְ וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְ אֶרְפָּאֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י נִדָּחָה֙ קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֔ךְ צִיּ֣וֹן הִ֔יא דֹּרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֥ין לָֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For I will restoreעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- healthאֲרוּכָה'ărûkâh 'ărûkâh · healthH724
- unto thee, and I will healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
- thee of thy woundsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- because they calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- thee an Outcastנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
- Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- whom no man seeketh afterדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:17
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you.
- Jeremiah 3:22Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, ‘Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 33:6But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
- Psalms 23:3He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
- Psalms 103:3He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
- Psalms 107:20He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.
- Isaiah 30:26The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the Lord binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!
- Hosea 6:1“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
- Malachi 4:2But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
- 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
- Revelation 22:2flowing down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.
- Nehemiah 4:1(3:33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
- Psalms 44:13You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Restore health - Or, “apply a bandage” (Jeremiah 8:22 note). For they called read “they call.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate and sanctifying Spirit…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17I will...heal your wounds: The people will return from exile, and their sins will be forgiven.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. (Jr 8:22; 33:6). Outcast--as a wife put away by her husband (Is 62:4, contrasted with Jr 30:12). Zion--alluding to its Hebrew meaning, "dryness"; "sought after" by none, as would be the case with an arid region (Is 62:12). The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be the chosen opportunity of, God's grace.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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