Jeremiah 30:17

“For I will bring up recovery for you, and from your wounds I will heal you, declares YHWH; for ‘Driven Away’ they have called you: ‘Zion is she; no one seeks her.’”

Jeremiah 30:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 30:17, word by word

I will bring upאַעֲלֶהaale

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “aale” appears
recoveryאֲרֻכָהarucha

healing, restoration

Restoration, healing: the new flesh that closes a wound. Said also of a wall or a work being repaired.

Where else “arucha” appears
and from your woundsמַּכּוֹתַיִmakotayi

wound

The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.

Where else “makotayi” appears
I will heal youאֶרְפָּאֵerpae

heal

To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
‘Driven Away’נִדָּחָהnidacha

banish

To push a people far from their land.

Where else “nidacha” appears
they have calledקָרְאוּkaru

name

To give someone a name.

Where else “karu” appears
seeks her.’דֹּרֵשׁdoresh

seek

To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.

Where else “doresh” appears

Places in this verse

Zion
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Zion

    Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem

    A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.

    David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).

    2 Samuel 5:7Psalms 48:2Hebrews 12:22Romans 9:33

The context

16Therefore all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries, all of them, will go into captivity; and those who despoil you will become spoil, and all who plunder you I will give to plunder.

17 · This verse (above)

18Thus says YHWH: Look, I am bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, and on his dwellings I will have compassion; and the city will be built on its mound of ruins, and the palace on its rightful place will stand.

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