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Jeremiah 30:12
12“This is what the Lord says: “ ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.
Jeremiah 30:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For thus says the Lord: ‘Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.
- New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord says: “Your injury is incurable— a terrible wound.
Context of Jeremiah 30:12
10“ ‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. 11I am with you and will save you,’ declares the Lord. ‘Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’ “This is what the Lord says: “ ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. 13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. 14All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.
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כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה אָנ֣וּשׁ לְשִׁבְרֵ֑ךְ נַחְלָ֖ה מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:12
- Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.
- Jeremiah 14:17“Speak this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable? You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
- Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
- Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thy bruise is incurable - אנוש anush, desperate, not incurable; for the cure is promised in Jeremiah 30:17, I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Incurable - Mortal, fatal.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. 12-14The exiles experienced an injury (a grievous wound) due to their many sins. your lovers: The Lord used these terms for nations, especially Egypt, that had been Judah’s trusted friends (see Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 16:15–63).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. The desperate circumstances of the Jews are here represented as an incurable wound. Their sin is so grievous that their hope of the punishment (their exile) soon coming to an end is vain (Jr 8:22; 15:18; 2Ch 36:16).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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