Jeremiah 30:13

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

Cross-reference

In Jeremiah 30:17, God promises to restore health and heal wounds — reversing the hopeless condition stated here.

In Jeremiah 33:6, God promises to bring health and cure — directly answering the lack of healing medicine here.

In Jeremiah 8:22, the same question is asked: why is there no balm or healing for God's people — identical lament.

In Jeremiah 17:14, the prophet cries to the Lord for healing — showing the only source of cure when human help fails.

1 John 2:1 Contrast

In 1 John 2:1, believers have an advocate with the Father — the pleading figure Jeremiah laments is missing.

1 Peter 2:24 declares that by Christ's stripes we are healed — revealing the ultimate healing that Jeremiah's verse says is absent.

In 1 Timothy 2:5, Paul declares there is one mediator — directly answering the absence of anyone to plead for Israel.

Nahum 3:19 Parallel

Nahum 3:19 says Nineveh's wound is incurable with no healing — a parallel pronouncement of irreversible judgment on a nation.

Hosea 14:4 Contrast

Hosea 14:4 promises God will heal backsliding — contrasting with the present lack of healing in Jeremiah's context.

Hosea 6:1 Contrast

Hosea 6:1 calls Israel to return because God will heal and bind up — directly opposing the statement that no one can bind the wound.

In Ezekiel 22:30, God finds no one to stand in the breach, exactly matching the situation of no one to uphold the cause.

In Isaiah 59:16, God sees no intercessor and acts himself — directly parallel to the absence of any helper here.

Isaiah 1:6 Parallel

Isaiah 1:6 uses identical imagery of unbound wounds from head to toe — echoing the same diagnosis of Israel's incurable spiritual sickness.

Psalm 142:4 Parallel

In Psalm 142:4, David laments that no one cares for his soul, mirroring the lack of anyone to uphold the cause here.

In Psalm 106:23, Moses stood in the breach to intercede — a stark contrast to the absence of any defender here.

Job 5:18 Contrast

Job 5:18 contrasts directly: God wounds and then binds up, while here no one binds up — highlighting Israel's unique condition.

Deuteronomy 32:39 Related theme

In Deuteronomy 32:39, God says He wounds and heals — asserting His sole power to reverse the incurable condition.

Ezekiel 30:21 applies the same 'unbound wound' imagery to Egypt's defeat — showing God's judgment leaves no cure for nations too.

Job 13:4 Parallel

Job 13:4 calls his friends worthless physicians — paralleling the absence of effective healers in Jeremiah's lament.

Mark 5:26 Parallel

Mark 5:26 tells of a woman who found no healing from physicians — echoing Israel's lack of healing remedies in this verse.

Exodus 15:26 Related theme

In Exodus 15:26, the Lord declares He is the healer of His people — the one who can provide the missing remedy.