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Jeremiah 30:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You are accused of a crime with no one to defend you, and you are covered with sores that no medicine can cure.

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When God does nothing, can any person or nation find fault with him?

He may cause injury and pain, but he will bandage and heal your cuts and bruises.

You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it.

Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.

Then he said, “I am the LORD your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”

From your head to your toes there isn't a healthy spot. Bruises, cuts, and open sores go without care or oil to ease the pain.

It disgusted him even more to learn that no one would do a thing about it. So with his own powerful arm, he won victories for truth.

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

You, LORD, are the one I praise. So heal me and rescue me! Then I will be completely well and perfectly safe.

No one wants you as a friend or cares what happens to you. But I will heal your injuries, and you will get well.

Then some day, I will heal this place and my people as well, and let them enjoy unending peace.

Egypt, no medicine can heal you, not even the soothing lotion from Gilead.

Evil pours from your city like water from a spring. Sounds of violent crimes echo within your walls; victims are everywhere, wounded and dying.

If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?

Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

Ezekiel, son of man, I, the LORD, have defeated the king of Egypt! I broke his arm, and no one has wrapped it or put it in a sling, so that it could heal and get strong enough to hold a sword.

Israel, you have rejected me, but my anger is gone; I will heal you and love you without limit.

Let's return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.

You're fatally wounded. There's no hope for you. But everyone claps when they hear this news, because your constant cruelty has caused them pain.

Don't you understand? I am the only God; there are no others. I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering. But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!

Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.

My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.




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