Jeremiah 30:12
For thus saith Jehovah: Thy bruise is incurable; Thy wound is mortal.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
In Context
13No one offereth his help for thy cure; No healing medicines are applied to thee.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:5Where can ye be smitten again, Since ye renew your rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Jeremiah 6:7As a fountain sendeth forth its waters, So she sendeth forth her wickedness. Violence and rapine are heard within her; Before me continually are bruises and wounds.
Jeremiah 14:17Thus also shalt thou speak to them: My eyes shall run down with tears night and day; They shall not cease; For a deep wound hath she received, The virgin daughter of my people, A deadly blow.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, And my wound mortal, refusing to be healed? Thou hast been to me like a deceitful stream; Like waters that fail.
Lamentations 2:13How shall I address thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare thee, so as to comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? Surely thy breach is wide, like the sea; who can heal thee?
Micah 1:9For her wound is mortal; It extendeth to Judah; It reacheth 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 →