Jeremiah 33:6-8

Behold, I will bring it health and cure The latter part of this verse expounds the former: for, by health and cure, the prophet means peace and truth, or, stability. Blaney renders it, I will make it, namely, the city or state perfectly sound and whole. The disturbed and calamitous state of the nation being compared to wounds and sickness, (see Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 30:17,) the restoring of it to a peaceful and prosperous state is fitly called its health and cure. And will build them as at the first When they, by repentance, do their first works, God will, by their restoration, manifest toward them his ancient mercies and loving- kindnesses. He will not only cause their captivity to return, as is expressed, in plain words, in the former clause, but will re-establish them in the possession of their civil and religious privileges, and hereby promote both their virtue and happiness. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity I will make them pious and holy, as well as virtuous and happy; and I will pardon all their iniquities Will not impute their past sins any longer to them as I have done, but will remit the further punishments to which for sin they were liable.