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your wound is grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise <i>is</i> incurable, <i>and</i> thy wound <i>is</i> grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“For thus says the LORD: ‘Your affliction <i>is</i> incurable, Your wound <i>is</i> severe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For this is what the LORD says: ‘Your broken <i>limb</i> is irreparable, And your wound is incurable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For thus says the LORD, &#8216Your wound is incurable And your injury is serious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For thus says the LORD, ‘Your wound is incurable, And your injury is serious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“For thus says Yahweh, ‘Your injury is incurable, And your wound is desperately sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For thus says the LORD, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is beyond healing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said: My people, you are wounded and near death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: Your wound is incurable. Your injury is beyond healing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says to his people, "Your wounds are incurable, your injuries cannot be healed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"For this is what the LORD says: 'Your injury won't heal; your wound is severe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: ?Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD says to the people of Zion, "Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD, "Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus said YHWH: “Your breach is incurable, your stroke grievous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thus said Jehovah: Incurable is thy breach, grievous thy stroke,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thus said Jehovah, Thy breaking is incurable, and thy blow sickly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord: “Your fracture is incurable; your wound is very serious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: Incurable is your wound, grievous your injury; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, your wound is grievous.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: Your wound is grievous, and your affliction is severe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because, thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Painful is your wound, and severe is your disease<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD: Thy hurt is incurable, And thy wound is grievous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on <i>thee</i> destruction; thy stroke is painful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/30-12.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=8986" 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">11</span>For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.” <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: lə·šiḇ·rêḵ (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">“Your injury</a> <a href="/hebrew/605.htm" title="605: ’ā·nūš (Adj-ms) -- To be weak, sick. A primitive root; to be frail, feeble, or melancholy.">is incurable;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">your wound</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: naḥ·lāh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">is grievous.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.…<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/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a></span><br />Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / 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="/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="/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="/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6</a></span><br />Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Psalm 38:3-5</a></span><br />There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. / For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. / My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Isaiah 57:17-18</a></span><br />I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart. / 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="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1</a></span><br />Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.<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="/romans/3-10.htm">Romans 3:10-12</a></span><br />As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For thus said the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous.</p><p class="hdg">See on ver.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Jeremiah 30:15</a></b></br> Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow <i>is</i> incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: <i>because</i> thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine 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 blow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></b></br> Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, <i>which</i> refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, <i>and as</i> waters <i>that</i> fail?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Bruise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-7.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Injury</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Bruise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-2.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-10.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Healing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Incurable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Injury</a> <a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Stroke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-13.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>For this is what the LORD says:</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. It is a common prophetic introduction, underscoring that the words are not Jeremiah's own but are directly from God. This establishes the seriousness and certainty of the message, as it comes from the ultimate authority.<p><b>Your injury is incurable;</b><br>The term "incurable" suggests a condition beyond human remedy, indicating the severity of Israel's spiritual and moral state. Historically, this reflects the period of Babylonian exile, where the nation faced destruction and displacement due to persistent sin and rebellion against God. Theologically, it points to the depth of human sinfulness, which cannot be healed by human means but requires divine intervention.<p><b>your wound is grievous.</b><br>The "wound" symbolizes the consequences of sin and disobedience, which have led to suffering and judgment. In the context of Jeremiah, it refers to the devastation brought by foreign powers as a result of Israel's covenant unfaithfulness. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic literature, where sin is often depicted as a disease or injury. It also foreshadows the need for a Savior, as only through Christ can the ultimate healing and restoration be achieved, fulfilling the deeper spiritual need that physical healing alone cannot address.<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 to the people of Judah. He is the author of the Book of Jeremiah.<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 to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through Jeremiah to convey His message of judgment and eventual restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the people of Judah were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Jeremiah's prophecies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/incurable_wound.htm">Incurable Wound</a></b><br>A metaphor for the spiritual and moral state of Judah, indicating the severity of their sin and the resulting judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_sin's_severity.htm">Recognition of Sin's Severity</a></b><br>Just as Judah's wound was incurable, our sin separates us from God and requires acknowledgment and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_divine_intervention.htm">The Need for Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Human efforts cannot heal spiritual wounds; only God can provide true restoration through His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While the wound is grievous, God's ultimate plan includes healing and restoration for those who turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers, calling people to repentance and offering hope for the future.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_on_spiritual_health.htm">Personal Reflection on Spiritual Health</a></b><br>Consider the areas in your life where you may have "incurable wounds" and seek God's healing through prayer and repentance.<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/how_does_jer._45_4_align_with_a_merciful_god.htm">Jeremiah 45:4 suggests divine punishment on a grand scale; how can this align with a benevolent deity when contrasted with other biblical passages that emphasize mercy?</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_jacob's_trouble_mean.htm">What is the meaning of Jacob's Trouble?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">Thy bruise is incurable . . .</span>--The mind of the prophet dwells on the seeming hopelessness, in words which sound like an echo from his Lamentations (<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm" title="For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.">Jeremiah 2:13</a>), in order to enhance the blessedness of the reverent utterance of hope which appears in <a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm" title="For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, said the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.">Jeremiah 30:17</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 12-17.</span> - Miserable indeed is the condition of Israel! No wonder; for its sins were great. And yet, just because it is so forlorn, Jehovah will interpose for its relief. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For thus saith,</span> etc. If the two preceding verses are a later insertion, we must render, <span class="accented">But surely</span> (more strictly, <span class="accented">surely</span>, but particles of asseveration easily acquire an adversative force from the context). Bright, indeed, is the prospect for Judah, "but surely" his present condition is very much the reverse; comp. <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a> (Authorized Version," nevertheless"). <span class="cmt_word">Thy bruise is incurable</span>, etc. One of Jeremiah's characteristic repetitions (see <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Jeremiah 10:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a>). That thou mayest be bound up. This rendering follows the accents. But the mixture of figures is very incongruous. It is much better to connect the words a little differently and to <span class="accented">render, for thy sore thou hast no medicines</span> (<span class="accented">nor any</span>) <span class="accented">plaster.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/30-12.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Your injury</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשִׁבְרֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šiḇ·rêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is incurable;</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנ֣וּשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nūš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_605.htm">Strong's 605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be frail, feeble, melancholy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your wound</span><br /><span class="heb">מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mak·kā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wound, carnage, pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] grievous.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחְלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(naḥ·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak or sick</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 30:12 For thus says Yahweh Your hurt (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 30:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 30:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/30-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 30:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 30:13" /></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>