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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 30:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 30:17 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Jer 8:22; Jer 33:6).
Outcast--as a wife put away by her husband (Isa 62:4, contrasted with Jer 30:12).
Zion--alluding to its Hebrew meaning, "dryness"; "sought after" by none, as would be the case with an arid region (Isa 62:12). The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be the chosen opportunity of, God's grace. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Restore health - Or, "apply a bandage" (Jer 8:22 note). For they called read "they call." |
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?