Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 30:13 describes the same wound with no healing — this verse reverses that, promising divine restoration.
Jeremiah 30:15 provides the reason for the wounds—great iniquity—that God then promises to heal, showing the judgment-restoration sequence.
Jeremiah 33:6 repeats the promise of health and healing to Jerusalem, reinforcing the restoration theme.
Jeremiah 3:22 uses similar healing language for spiritual restoration, showing God's ongoing promise to heal His people.
In Psalm 44:13-16, the psalmist laments being a reproach and laughingstock among nations—the same reproach Jeremiah promises God will heal.
Hosea 6:1 speaks of God healing after tearing — echoing the same pattern of wounding and healing in covenant relationship.
In Ezekiel 36:20, the nations say of Israel, 'These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land'—profaning God's name, the reproach Jeremiah addresses.
In Ezekiel 36:3, Israel becomes 'the talk and evil gossip of the people'—the same reproach Jeremiah says will be removed when God restores health.
In Ezekiel 36:2, the enemy says 'Aha!' against Israel—reflecting the scorn that Jeremiah promises God will heal and restore.
In Ezekiel 35:12, God hears Edom's contempt against Israel's mountains—the same kind of enemy taunt that led to Zion being called an outcast.
Ezekiel 34:16 likewise promises binding up the injured and strengthening the weak — a shepherd metaphor for God's restorative care.
In Lamentations 2:15, passersby mock Jerusalem with hissing and wagging heads—the very scorn Jeremiah says will be replaced with healing.
Isaiah 30:26 uses identical language of binding up brokenness and healing wounds — directly paralleling this restoration promise.
In Psalm 79:9-11, the nations taunt 'Where is their God?'—echoing the reproach of Zion as an outcast that Jeremiah says God will remove.
Isaiah 60:15 contrasts former desolation with future glory, mirroring the healing of the outcast Zion in this verse.
Isaiah 56:8 explicitly declares God gathers the outcasts of Israel, directly echoing the 'outcast' label here and its reversal.
Isaiah 54:11 expands the restoration promise to afflicted Zion with imagery of rebuilding in precious stones, comforting the same outcast city.
Micah 4:6 promises gathering of the lame and driven away, directly paralleling the restoration of the outcast here.
Exodus 15:26 reveals God as 'the Lord your healer' — the same divine identity behind the healing promise here.
In Isaiah 11:12, God gathers the banished of Israel—a different facet of restoration, complementing the healing of Zion's outcast status.
Psalm 107:20 describes God sending his word to heal and deliver — showing a pattern of divine healing through his word.
Psalm 103:3 also declares God heals diseases — reinforcing that the promise of healing is rooted in God's character as healer.
1 Peter 2:24 uses 'by his wounds you are healed' — applying the healing metaphor to Christ's atoning sacrifice, a NT fulfillment.
Malachi 4:2 promises healing from the sun of righteousness — expanding the healing to a future messianic era.
Revelation 22:2 shows the tree of life whose leaves heal the nations — universalizing the healing to all peoples in the new creation.
Hosea 11:3 recalls God's past healing of Ephraim that went unrecognized, echoing the healing theme from a different angle.