Jeremiah 17:14 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:12 A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.

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

Jeremiah 17:15 Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.

Jeremiah 17:16 And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "healed", "lord", "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 Lord the hope of Israel all..." into verse 15's "Behold they say to 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.