Jeremiah 17:14 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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

Jeremiah 17:13 Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. 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, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Jeremiah 17:15 Behold, these say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it then come!

Jeremiah 17:16 But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal 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 "Thou hope of Israel Jehovah all that..." into verse 15's "Behold these 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.