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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 17:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 17:14 |
King James |
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations.
Heal . . . save--not only make me whole (as to the evils of soul as well as body which I am exposed to by contact with ungodly foes, Jer 15:18), but keep me so.
my praise--He whom I have to praise for past favors, and therefore to whom alone I look for the time to come. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For thou art - He whom alone I have reason to praise for mercies already received. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Heal me - and I shall be healed - That is, I shall be thoroughly healed, and effectually saved, if thou undertake for me.
Thou art my praise - The whole glory of the work of salvation belongs to thee alone. |
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?