Jeremia 30:17

17 Want Ik zal u de gezondheid doen rijzen, en u van uw plagen genezen, spreekt de HEERE; omdat zij u noemen: De verdrevene. Het is Sion, zeggen zij; niemand vraagt naar haar.

Jeremia 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.

Jeremia 30:17 In-Context

15 Wat krijt gij over uw breuk, dat uw smart dodelijk is? Om de grootheid uwer ongerechtigheid, omdat uw zonden machtig veel zijn, heb Ik u deze dingen gedaan.

16 Daarom, allen, die u opeten, zullen opgegeten worden, en al uw wederpartijders, zij allen zullen gaan in gevangenis; en die u beroven, zullen ter beroving zijn, en allen, die u plunderen, zal Ik ter plundering overgeven.

17 Want Ik zal u de gezondheid doen rijzen, en u van uw plagen genezen, spreekt de HEERE; omdat zij u noemen: De verdrevene. Het is Sion, zeggen zij; niemand vraagt naar haar.

18 Zo zegt de HEERE: Ziet, Ik zal de gevangenis der tenten Jakobs wenden, en Mij over hun woningen ontfermen; en de stad zal herbouwd worden op haar hoop, en het paleis zal liggen naar zijn wijze.

19 En van hen zal dankzegging uitgaan, en een stem der spelenden; en Ik zal hen vermeerderen, en zij zullen niet verminderd worden, en Ik zal hen verheerlijken, en zij zullen niet gering worden.