Jeremiah 33:6 (DBY)

Passage

Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:4 For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down because of the mounds and because of the sword:

Jeremiah 33:5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33:7 And I will turn the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, as at the beginning.

Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "apply", "healing", "dressing", "cure", "reveal", and "abundance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "apply", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "They come to fight with the Chaldeans..." into verse 7's "And I will turn the captivity of...", so "behold" and "apply" 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 "behold" and "apply" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.