King James Version
Jeremiah 30:12 in the King James Version says “For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.”
Jeremiah 30:12 · KJV
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. that: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“Thy bruise”
H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
“is grievous”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
“and thy wound”
H4347a blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
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