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No medicine can heal you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>There is</i> none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>There is</i> no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘There is no one to plead your cause; <i>No</i> healing for <i>your</i> sore, No recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause; No healing for your sore, No recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘There is no one to plead your cause; <i>No</i> healing for <i>your</i> sore, No recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause; <i>No</i> healing for <i>your</i> sore, No recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘There is no one to plead your cause; No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound, No recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have no defender for your case. There is no remedy for your sores, and no healing for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No one takes up the case for your sores. There is no healing for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are accused of a crime with no one to defend you, and you are covered with sores that no medicine can cure. * <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No one argues that you should be healed. No medicine will heal you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There is no one to take care of you, no remedy for your sores, no hope of healing for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause. There is no medicine for your sore; no healing for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up. You have no healing medicines. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />There is none judging your cause to bind up, "" There are no healing medicines for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> There is none judging thy cause to bind up, Healing medicines there are none for thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />None judging thy judgment for binding up: no healing will come up to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up : thou hast no healing medicines. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />There is no one who may judge your judgment, so as to bandage it; there is no useful treatment for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There is none to plead your case, no remedy for your running sore, no healing for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />There is no one to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />There is none to plead your cause or to succor you and heal you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there is none who judges your case who will help you and will heal you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; Thou hast no healing medicines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=8993" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/30.htm">The Restoration of Israel and Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">There is no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1777.htm" title="1777: dān (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To judge. Or duwn; a primitive roy a straight course, i.e. Sail direct.">to plead your cause,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1779.htm" title="1779: dî·nêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Judgment. From diyn; judgement; by impl. Also strife.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7499.htm" title="7499: rə·p̄u·’ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Remedy, medicine. Feminine passive participle of rapha'; a medicament.">remedy</a> <a href="/hebrew/4205.htm" title="4205: lə·mā·zō·wr (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A wound. Or mazor; from zuwr in the sense of binding up; a bandage, i.e. Remedy; hence, a sore.">for your sores,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/8585.htm" title="8585: tə·‘ā·lāh (N-fs) -- A channel, a bandage, plaster. From alah; a channel; also a bandage or plaster.">recovery</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">for you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></span><br />From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a></span><br />When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13</a></span><br />What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Ezekiel 34:4</a></span><br />You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Micah 1:9</a></span><br />For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Job 5:1</a></span><br />“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Isaiah 57:18</a></span><br />I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16</a></span><br />But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Psalm 107:17-20</a></span><br />Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. / They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. / Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12</a></span><br />On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-17.htm">Mark 2:17</a></span><br />On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-31.htm">Luke 5:31</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-6.htm">John 5:6</a></span><br />When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-24.htm">John 8:24</a></span><br />That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.</p><p class="hdg">none.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></b></br> Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy <i>them</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Psalm 142:4</a></b></br> I looked on <i>my</i> right hand, and beheld, but <i>there was</i> no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Isaiah 59:16</a></b></br> And he saw that <i>there was</i> no man, and wondered that <i>there was</i> no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Luke 10:30-34</a></b></br> And Jesus answering said, A certain <i>man</i> went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded <i>him</i>, and departed, leaving <i>him</i> half dead… </p><p class="hdg">hast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a></b></br> For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, <i>saying</i>, This <i>is</i> Zion, whom no man seeketh after.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Jeremiah 8:22</a></b></br> <i>Is there</i> no balm in Gilead; <i>is there</i> no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-14.htm">Jeremiah 17:14</a></b></br> Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou <i>art</i> my praise.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-27.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm">Medicine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Medicines</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-18.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Recovery</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm">Remedy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Uphold</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-6.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Help</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm">Medicine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-11.htm">Medicines</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-34.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/luke/4-19.htm">Recovery</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">Remedy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-59.htm">Uphold</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-1.htm">God shows Jeremiah the return of the Jews.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-4.htm">After their trouble they shall have deliverance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-10.htm">He comforts Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Their return shall be gracious.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Wrath shall fall on the wicked.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>There is no one to plead your cause</b><br>This phrase highlights the dire situation of the people of Judah during the Babylonian exile. In the ancient Near Eastern context, having an advocate or intercessor was crucial for justice. The absence of such a figure underscores the severity of their judgment. Biblically, this reflects the consequences of persistent disobedience to God’s covenant (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>). Theologically, it points to the need for a mediator, which Christians find fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who intercedes on behalf of humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>).<p><b>no remedy for your sores</b><br>The imagery of "sores" suggests deep, incurable wounds, symbolizing the spiritual and moral decay of the nation. In the historical context, this reflects the physical and societal devastation brought by the Babylonian conquest. The lack of remedy indicates that human efforts are insufficient for healing, pointing to the necessity of divine intervention. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of sin as a disease that only God can heal (<a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a>, <a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Psalm 103:3</a>).<p><b>no recovery for you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the hopelessness of the situation without divine intervention. Historically, the exile seemed like an irreversible disaster for Judah. However, it also sets the stage for the promise of restoration found later in <a href="/jeremiah/30.htm">Jeremiah 30</a>, where God assures the people of eventual healing and return (<a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Jeremiah 30:17</a>). This reflects the biblical theme of redemption and restoration, which is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through Christ’s work of salvation (<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of judgment and hope. He was called by God to prophesy to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a time of great turmoil and impending exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which faced destruction and exile due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event where the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians. This was a significant period of judgment and reflection for the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who, through Jeremiah, communicates both judgment and the promise of future restoration for His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sores/wounds.htm">Sores/Wounds</a></b><br>Symbolic of the spiritual and moral decay of Judah, representing the consequences of their sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin's_consequences.htm">The Reality of Sin's Consequences</a></b><br>Sin leads to spiritual and moral decay, much like untreated wounds. Recognizing the severity of sin is crucial for understanding our need for a Savior.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_self-reliance.htm">The Futility of Self-Reliance</a></b><br>Just as Judah found no remedy for their sores, we too cannot find true healing apart from God. Self-reliance and worldly solutions fall short of addressing our deepest needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_judgment_and_mercy.htm">God's Sovereign Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While God allows consequences for sin, His ultimate desire is for repentance and restoration. Understanding His character helps us trust in His plans for redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Acknowledging our spiritual wounds should lead us to repentance, seeking God's forgiveness and healing through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>Despite the bleakness of the situation, God's promises of restoration and healing offer hope. Trusting in His faithfulness is key to experiencing His peace and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_you_heal_yourself,_doctor.htm">Can you heal yourself, doctor?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_85__how_to_reconcile_hope_with_exile.htm">Psalm 85 - How can we harmonize this psalm's hope for national revival with other biblical texts that emphasize permanent punishment or exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_a_miraculous_recovery.htm">Jeremiah 30:17 promises healing and restoration; is there any scientific or documented historical proof of a miraculous national recovery that matches the text's extraordinary claims?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_micah_1_9's_wound_metaphorical_or_literal.htm">Micah 1:9 - Could the description of an incurable wound be metaphorical, or does it imply a literal, historically unrecorded calamity affecting Judah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">There is none to plead thy cause . . .</span>--The words bring before us two images of extremest misery--the criminal who, standing before the dread judgment-seat, has no advocate, the plague-stricken sufferer who has no physician. The word is that used of Josiah in <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm" title="He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? said the LORD.">Jeremiah 22:16</a>. There, and commonly elsewhere, it is translated "judge." The second part of the sentence is better rendered, with a different punctuation, by <span class= "ital">Thou hast no healing medicines for binding up. </span>It continues the symbolism of <a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm" title="For thus said the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous.">Jeremiah 30:12</a>, and reproduces that of <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm" title="From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.">Isaiah 1:6</a>. There, and in <a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm" title="For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.">Isaiah 38:21</a>, <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm" title="When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.">Hosea 5:13</a>, and probably in <a href="/proverbs/3-8.htm" title="It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.">Proverbs 3:8</a>, we have indications of the prominence given to external applications such as plasters, bandages, and the like, in the Eastern treatment of disease. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[There is] no one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽין־</span> <span class="translit">(’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to plead your cause,</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(dān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1777.htm">Strong's 1777: </a> </span><span class="str2">A straight course, sail direct</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּינֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(dî·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1779.htm">Strong's 1779: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judgement, strife</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remedy</span><br /><span class="heb">רְפֻא֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rə·p̄u·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7499.htm">Strong's 7499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remedy, medicine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your sores,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמָז֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mā·zō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4205.htm">Strong's 4205: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bandage, remedy, a sore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">recovery</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּעָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(tə·‘ā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8585.htm">Strong's 8585: </a> </span><span class="str2">A channel, a bandage, plaster</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/30-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 30:13 There is none to plead your cause (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 30:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 30:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 30:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 30:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>