Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
What does Jeremiah 17:14 mean?
The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Jeremiah 17:12-14 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed,.... These are the words of the prophet, sensible of his own sins and backslidings, and of the part which he himself had in these corrupt and declining times; and being conscious of his own impotency to cure himself; and being fully satisfied of the power of the Lord to heal him; and being well assured, if he was healed by him, he should be thoroughly and effectually healed; therefore he applies unto him.
Key words
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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed,.
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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed,.
Context in Jeremiah 17
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Jeremiah 17 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as conflict with kings, priests, and prophets. Jeremiah combines fierce warning, autobiographical anguish, symbolic action, the promise of a new covenant, and the trauma of Jerusalem’s fall. Read this chapter with the wider themes of judgment, tears, and new covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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