Jeremiah 17:14 (GNV)

Passage

Heale me, O Lord, and I shall bee whole: saue me, and I shall bee saued: for thou art my prayse.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:12 As a glorious throne exalted from the beginning, so is the place of our Sanctuarie.

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

Jeremiah 17:14 Heale me, O Lord, and I shall bee whole: saue me, and I shall bee saued: for thou art my prayse.

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

Jeremiah 17:16 But I haue not thrust in my selfe for a pastour after thee, neither haue I desired the day of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heale", "lord", "shall", "whole", "saue", "saued", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heale" and "lord", 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 vnto me Where is...", so "heale" and "lord" 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 "heale" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.