Jeremiah 30:12
For thus says LORD, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
In Context
13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou may be bound up; thou have no healing medicines.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 6:7As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Continually before me is sickness and wounds.
Jeremiah 14:17And thou shall say this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will thou indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Lamentations 2:13What shall I testify to thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?
Micah 1:9For her wounds are incurable. For it has come even to Judah. it reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 30:11-18
Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 594.) 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord ; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 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… Read the whole commentary →