Jeremiah 17:14 (ASV)

Passage

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:12 A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Jeremiah 17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

Jeremiah 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "healed", "jehovah", "shall", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "healed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "O Jehovah the hope of Israel all..." into verse 15's "Behold they say unto me Where is...", so "saved" and "healed" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saved" and "healed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.