Jer 30:12 | NETfull | STEP | Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.

Jeremiah 30:12

The Lord Will Heal the Wounds of Judah

12 Moreover, ^{▼▼ The particle כִּי (ki) here is parallel to the one in v. 5 that introduces the first oracle. See the discussion in the translator’s note there.} the Lord says to the people of Zion, ^{▼▼ The pronouns in vv. 10–17 are second feminine singular referring to a personified entity. That entity is identified in v. 17 as Zion, which here stands for the people of Zion.}

“Your injuries are incurable;
your wounds are severe. ^{▼▼ The wounds to the body politic are those of the incursions from the enemy from the north referred to in Jer 4:6; 6:1 over which Jeremiah and even God himself have lamented (Jer 8:21; 10:19; 14:17). The enemy from the north has been identified as Babylon and has been identified as the agent of God’s punishment of his disobedient people (Jer 1:15; 4:6; 25:9).}