Jeremías 30:17

17 Te devolveré la salud
y sanaré tus heridas —dice el Señor
—,
aunque te llamen desechada, es decir,
“Jerusalén,
de quien nadie se interesa”».

Jeremías 30:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:17

For I will restore health to thee
That is, bring thee into a comfortable and prosperous condition, both in church and state, with respect to things religions and civil: as the afflictions and distresses of the Jewish nation are expressed by sickness, wounds, and bruises; so their prosperity, both spiritual and temporal, is signified by health. The words may be rendered, "I will cause length to ascend unto thee"; or a long plaster ^F26; or rather, that which has been long looked for, and long in coming, prosperity; or else, that whereas they were before bowed down with afflictions and sorrows, now they should be as a man in an erect posture, that rises up in his full height and length, being in a robust and healthful state; and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord;
pardon their sins, remove their afflictions, and bring them into a comfortable situation, into a Gospel church state, and into their own land: because they called thee an outcast;
as the Jews now are, cast out of their own land, rejected from being the people of God; so they are reckoned by the nations among whom they are: [saying], this [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after:
after their good, either temporal or spiritual; despised by most, pitied and prayed for by few; and fewer still they are that seek after, and are solicitous about, or take any methods, or make use of any means, for their conversion; but though man does not, God will, and his work will appear the more manifest.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Kl hkra hlea) "adducam tibi emplastrum longum", so some in Gataker; "faciam ut ad justam constitutionem assurgas", Junius & Tremellius; "ut assurgat sanitas tibi", Piscator; "nam faciam ut ascendat tibi proceritas", Cocceius.

Jeremías 30:17 In-Context

15 ¿Por qué te quejas de tu castigo,
de esta herida que no tiene cura?
He tenido que castigarte
porque tus pecados son muchos
y tu culpa es grande.

16 »Pero todos los que te devoran serán devorados,
y todos tus enemigos serán enviados al destierro.
Todos los que te saquean serán saqueados,
y todos los que te atacan serán atacados.

17 Te devolveré la salud
y sanaré tus heridas —dice el Señor
—,
aunque te llamen desechada, es decir,
“Jerusalén,
de quien nadie se interesa”».

18 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Cuando del cautiverio traiga a Israel de regreso a casa
y cuando restablezca su bienestar,
Jerusalén será reedificada sobre sus ruinas
y el palacio reconstruido como antes.

19 Habrá alegría y canciones de acción de gracias,
y multiplicaré a mi pueblo, no lo reduciré;
lo honraré, no lo despreciaré.