Jeremiah 30:13

Loneliness Sickness and healing

¹¹ For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

¹² For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

¹⁴ All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

¹⁵ Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
KJV: There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
WEB: There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up. You have no healing medicines.
ASV: There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
DARBY: There is none to plead thy cause, to bind up [thy wound]; thou hast no healing medicines.
BLB: [There is] no one pleading your cause, that you may be bound up. Unto you [are] no healing medicines.

ÅB: Ingen tar seg av din sak, så han klemmer ditt sår ut; legedom, plaster finnes ikke for deg.
OTB: Det er ingen som taler din sak, ingen medisin for ditt sår, ingen helbredelse for deg.
B1930: Ingen tar sig av din sak, så han klemmer ditt sår ut; lægedom, plaster finnes ikke for dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
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Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Jeremiah 30:17
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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Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
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Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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