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12 For Yahweh says,

“Your hurt is incurable.
    Your wound is grievous.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
    that you may be bound up.
    You have no healing medicines.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you.
    They don’t seek you.
For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
    with the chastisement of a cruel one,
for the greatness of your iniquity,
    because your sins were increased.
15 Why do you cry over your injury?
    Your pain is incurable.
For the greatness of your iniquity,
    because your sins have increased,
    I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured.
    All your adversaries, everyone of them, will go into captivity.
Those who plunder you will be plunder.
    I will make all who prey on you become prey.
17 For I will restore health to you,
    and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh;
“because they have called you an outcast,
    saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”

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The Healing of Zion’s Wounds

12 “For this is what the Lord says:

‘Your injury won’t heal;
    your wound is severe.
13 There is no one to plead your cause.
    There is no medicine for your sore;[a]
        no healing for you.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they don’t seek you.
Indeed, I’ve struck you down
    with the blow of an enemy,
        with the punishment of a cruel foe[b]
because your wickedness is great,
    and your sins are numerous.
15 Why do you cry out because of your injury?
    Your wound won’t heal.
Because your wickedness is severe,
    and your sins are numerous,
        I’ve done all these things to you.
16 In addition, all who devour you will be devoured,
    and all your oppressors—all of them—
        will go into captivity.
Those who plunder you will become plunder,
    and all who spoil you will become spoil.
17 Indeed, I’ll bring you healing,
    and I’ll heal you of your wounds,’
        declares the Lord,
‘because they have called you an outcast
    and have said,[c] “It is Zion, no one cares for her!”’”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:13 Lit. for a sore
  2. Jeremiah 30:14 Lit. cruel one
  3. Jeremiah 30:17 The Heb. lacks and have said
  4. Jeremiah 30:17 Or seeks her