Jeremiah 30:12
New International Version
“This is what the LORD says: “’Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.

New Living Translation
This is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable— a terrible wound.

English Standard Version
“For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.

Berean Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

King James Bible
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

New King James Version
“For thus says the LORD: ‘Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.

New American Standard Bible
“For this is what the LORD says: ‘Your broken limb is irreparable, And your wound is incurable.

NASB 1995
“For thus says the LORD, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is serious.

NASB 1977
“For thus says the LORD, ‘Your wound is incurable, And your injury is serious.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For thus says Yahweh, ‘Your injury is incurable, And your wound is desperately sick.

Amplified Bible
“For thus says the LORD, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is beyond healing.

Christian Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe.

American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said: My people, you are wounded and near death.

English Revised Version
For thus saith the LORD, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what the LORD says: Your wound is incurable. Your injury is beyond healing.

Good News Translation
The LORD says to his people, "Your wounds are incurable, your injuries cannot be healed.

International Standard Version
"For this is what the LORD says: 'Your injury won't heal; your wound is severe.

Majority Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says: ?Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

NET Bible
Moreover, the LORD says to the people of Zion, "Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.

New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD, "Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

World English Bible
For Yahweh says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For thus said YHWH: “Your breach is incurable, your stroke grievous,

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: Incurable is thy breach, grievous thy stroke,

Smith's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah, Thy breaking is incurable, and thy blow sickly.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For thus says the Lord: “Your fracture is incurable; your wound is very serious.

New American Bible
For thus says the LORD: Incurable is your wound, grievous your injury;

New Revised Standard Version
For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, your wound is grievous.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For thus says the LORD: Your wound is grievous, and your affliction is severe.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because, thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Painful is your wound, and severe is your disease
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For thus saith the LORD: Thy hurt is incurable, And thy wound is grievous.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on thee destruction; thy stroke is painful.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Restoration of Israel and Judah
11For 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.” 12For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. 13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.…

Cross References
Isaiah 1:5-6
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.

Hosea 5:13
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.

Micah 1:9
For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

Lamentations 2:13
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?

Isaiah 53:4-5
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.

Ezekiel 34:4
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.

Job 34:6
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Psalm 38:3-5
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.

Isaiah 57:17-18
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,

Hosea 6:1
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.

Matthew 9:12
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Mark 2:17
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.”

Luke 5:31
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

John 5:6
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?”

Romans 3:10-12
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.”


Treasury of Scripture

For thus said the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous.

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Jeremiah 30:15
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Jeremiah 14:17
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.

Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

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Jeremiah 30
1. God shows Jeremiah the return of the Jews.
4. After their trouble they shall have deliverance.
10. He comforts Jacob.
18. Their return shall be gracious.
23. Wrath shall fall on the wicked.














“For this is what the LORD says”
This phrase introduces a direct declaration from God, emphasizing the authority and divine origin of the message. In Hebrew, "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, which underscores His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction sets the tone for the seriousness and certainty of the prophecy that follows, reminding the reader of God's sovereignty and His active role in the affairs of His people.

“Your injury is incurable;”
The term "incurable" in Hebrew is "’anash," which conveys a sense of hopelessness and severity. Historically, this reflects the dire situation of Judah, facing the consequences of their persistent rebellion against God. The imagery of an incurable injury serves as a metaphor for the spiritual and moral decay that has afflicted the nation, highlighting the depth of their need for divine intervention.

“your wound is grievous.”
The word "grievous" translates from the Hebrew "chalah," meaning sick or weak. This phrase reinforces the severity of Judah's condition, both physically and spiritually. In the historical context, it points to the Babylonian exile and the destruction of Jerusalem, which were seen as manifestations of God's judgment. The grievous wound symbolizes the deep-rooted sin and the resulting suffering, emphasizing the need for repentance and restoration.

(12) Thy bruise is incurable . . .--The mind of the prophet dwells on the seeming hopelessness, in words which sound like an echo from his Lamentations (Jeremiah 2:13), in order to enhance the blessedness of the reverent utterance of hope which appears in Jeremiah 30:17.

Verses 12-17. - 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. Verse 12. - For thus saith, etc. If the two preceding verses are a later insertion, we must render, But surely (more strictly, surely, 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. Isaiah 9:1 (Authorized Version," nevertheless"). Thy bruise is incurable, etc. One of Jeremiah's characteristic repetitions (see Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 15:18). 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 render, for thy sore thou hast no medicines (nor any) plaster.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this is what
כֹ֥ה (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֛ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Your injury
לְשִׁבְרֵ֑ךְ (lə·šiḇ·rêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

is incurable;
אָנ֣וּשׁ (’ā·nūš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 605: To be frail, feeble, melancholy

your wound
מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃ (mak·kā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence

[is] grievous.
נַחְלָ֖ה (naḥ·lāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick


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