Jeremiah 33:6

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 33:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah 33:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 33

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, etc.] That is, the church of God, the members of it, typified by Jerusalem; and it is to be understood of the healing of their spiritual maladies, the diseases of sin, through the blood of the Messiah, who should arise with healing in his wings; that is, with remission of sin, which is often meant by healing in Scripture: Christ is the physician; his blood the balm in Gilead, which being applied to those that are diseased with sin, to sin sick souls, it makes an effectual cure of them; so that they shall not say they are sick, because their iniquities are forgiven them; (see <19A303>Psalm 103:3 <233324>Isaiah 33:24 <390402>…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“(Jer 30:17). The answer to Jeremiah's mournful question (Jer 8:22). cure--literally, the long linen bandage employed in dressing wounds. truth--that is, stability; I will bring forth for them abundant and permanent peace, that is, prosperity.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I will bring it health and cure - I will lay upon it a bandage and healing, i. e., a healing bandage, a plaster with healing medicines. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“I will cure - The miserable disturbed state of a nation being compared to wounds and sickness, the restoring of it to a peaceable prosperous state is fitly called its health and cure. I will bring them again to a quiet and peaceable state in which they shall abide many days. Jeremiah 33:9”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“I will bring: Jer 17:14, Jer 30:12-17; Deu 32:39; Psa 67:2; Isa 30:26, Isa 58:8; Hos 6:1, Hos 7:1 health: Aruchah; not a plaister, as some, or progress, as others; but health, or the healing or closing of a wound, as the cognate Arabic areekat signifies, from araka to heal. and will: Exo 34:6; Psa 37:11, Psa 72:7, Psa 85:10-12; Isa 2:4, Isa 11:5-9, Isa 26:2-4, Isa 30:26; Isa 33:15-18, Isa 39:8, Isa 48:17, Isa 48:18, Isa 54:13, Isa 55:7, Isa 66:12; Mic 4:3; Joh 10:10; Gal 5:22, Gal 5:23; Eph 6:23; Tit 3:5, Tit 3:6; Heb 6:17, Heb 6:18; Pe1 1:3 Jeremiah 33:7”
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