Bible Strands
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah addresses the LORD directly, pleading for restoration while his contemporaries demand immediate proof of His promise.
The words — The imperative רְפָאֵ֤נִי (re.fa.'E./ni) means "heal me," paired with the consecutive form וְ/אֵ֣רָפֵ֔א (ve./'E.ra.Fe') meaning "so I may be healed," establishing a conditional structure.
The thread — The plea mirrors the healing petition in Psalms 6:2 and the covenantal claim that Yahweh alone wounds and heals in Deuteronomy 32:39.
Why it lands — The text states that divine intervention precedes human restoration and declares God as the source of praise, requiring a reader to acknowledge dependence on God's action rather than demanding proof.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Cross-references
- Psalms 6:2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Psalms 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalms 6:4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- Deuteronomy 10:21 He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Psalms 109:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
- Jeremiah 15:20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.