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For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
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God Champions the Outcast
Commentators highlight a profound reason for God's promise to heal: "because they have called thee an outcast." God's compassion is stirred by Zion's rejection and misery. As scholars like John Calvin and Charles Ellicott note, the very contempt shown by others becomes the occasion for God's redemptive intervention. His grace is extended precisely when a person or people are deemed worthless and forgotten by the world.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Restore health - Or, “apply a bandage” (Jeremiah 8:22 note). Instead of 'they called,' read "they call."
19th Century
Anglican
I will restore health to you ... —Literally, I will place a healing plaster on you. The image of the plague-stricken suff…
Baptist
All they that devour thee shall be devoured: and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee sh…
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16th Century
Protestant
When God promised favor to the Jews, He referred to their enemies; for it would have been a severe temptation—which otherwise would have not only d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I will restore health to you That is, bring you into a comfortable and prosperous condition, both in church and …
When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lus…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet promises liberation from destruction—from the great affliction they had endured. Concerning this, there are two points.
