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II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 >
C. The Book of Consolation chs. 30-33 >
1. The restoration of all Israel chs. 30-31 >
The healing of Zion's incurable wounds 30:12-17
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30:12-15 Yahweh had inflicted His people with a wound from which they could not recover because they had sinned greatly. No one could intercede effectively for them because the Lord had determined to punish them. Israel's political allies had forsaken her and would not help her. Even crying out would not help them.
30:16 Nevertheless, the Lord would turn the hostility of Israel's enemies back on themselves and punish them with the punishment they had inflicted on His people.
30:17 He would restore the Israelites to health and heal their wounds (cf. Isa. 53:5). Part of the reason for His salvation would be the nations' charge that Yahweh had forsaken His people.
