Bible Strands
Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the city of Jerusalem, pivoting from the judgment pronounced in v.5 to the restoration promised in v.7.
The words — Two Hebrew nouns for healing are stacked: אֲרֻכָה ('arukah), from a root meaning "long," suggesting a prolonged, thorough healing; and מַרְפֵּא (marpe'), the act of healing itself.
The thread — Isaiah 30:26 pairs lunar light with healing in a post-exile vision; John 10:10 echoes the "abundance" language in Christ's claim to give life in fullness.
Why it lands — The healing is a direct reversal of the judgment in v.5, not a general benediction; it asks the reader to hold that God's initiative, not human merit, moves from wrath to restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Cross-references
- John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- Isaiah 30:26 The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Psalms 67:2 that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Isaiah 66:12 For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Psalms 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.