Jeremiah 30:12-17

Jeremiah 30:12-17

[12] For thus saith  the LORD,  Thy bruise  is incurable,  and thy wound  is grievous.  [13] 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. [16] Therefore all they that devour  and all thine adversaries,  into captivity;  and they that spoil  thee shall be a spoil,  and all that prey  upon thee will I give  for a prey.  [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. 

What does Jeremiah 30:12-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"This strophe is only a fuller expression of the idea set forth in Jeremiah 30:11, that the Lord certainly chastises Israel, but will not make an end of him." [1]