"For He inflictspain,and givesrelief;He wounds,and His hands[also] heal.
He healsthe brokenheartedAnd bindsup their wounds.
The LORDwill strikeEgypt,strikingbut healing;so they will returnto the LORD,and He will respondto them and will healthem.
The lightof the moonwill be as the lightof the sun,and the lightof the sunwill be seventimes[brighter], like the lightof sevendays,on the daythe LORDbindsup the fractureof His peopleand healsthe bruiseHe has inflicted.
For I will restoreyou to healthAnd I will healyou of your wounds,'declaresthe LORD,'Becausethey have calledyou an outcast,saying: "It is Zion;noonecaresfor her."'
"Come,let us returnto the LORD.For He has torn[us], but He will healus; He has wounded[us], but He will bandageus.
"If,on the other hand, the priestcomesin and makesan inspectionand the markhas not indeedspreadin the houseafterthe househas been replastered,then the priestshall pronouncethe housecleanbecausethe markhas not reappeared.
Seenowthat I, I am He, And thereis nogodbesidesMe; It is I who putto deathand givelife.I have woundedand it is I who heal,And thereis noonewho can deliverfrom My hand.
"The LORDkillsand makesalive;He bringsdownto Sheoland raisesup.
