Jeremiah 33:6 (LSB)

Passage

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:4 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the siege ramps and against the sword,

Jeremiah 33:5 ‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have struck down in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil:

Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33:7 I will return the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "While they are coming to fight with..." into verse 7's "I will return the fortunes of Judah...", so "behold" and "bring" 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 "bring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.