Jeremiah 30:12

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For Yahweh says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.”

— WEB

“For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.”

— KJV

“For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.”

— ASV

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Commentary

The desperate circumstances of the Jews are here represented as an incurable wound. Their sin is so grievous that their hope of the punishment (their exile) soon coming to an end is vain (Jer 8:22; Jer 15:18; Ch2 36:16).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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