Isaiah 3:7

New American Bible - revised edition

He will cry out in that day: “I cannot be a healer, when there is neither bread nor clothing in my own house! You will not make me a ruler of the people!”

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,

Isaiah 58:12

Your people shall rebuild the ancient ruins; the foundations from ages past you shall raise up; “Repairer of the breach,” they shall call you, “Restorer of ruined dwellings.”

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you really cast Judah off? Is Zion loathsome to you? Why have you struck us a blow that cannot be healed? We wait for peace, to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.

Lamentations 2:13

To what can I compare you—to what can I liken you— O daughter Jerusalem? What example can I give in order to comfort you, virgin daughter Zion? For your breach is vast as the sea; who could heal you?

Ezekiel 34:4

You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the stray or seek the lost but ruled them harshly and brutally.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his infirmity, and Judah his sore, Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he cannot heal you, nor take away your sore.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds.

Joel 1:16

Before our very eyes has not food been cut off? And from the house of our God, joy and gladness?

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I raise my hand to the heavens and will say: As surely as I live forever,