Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
destroy . . . destruction—"break them with a double breach," Hebrew (Jeremiah 14:17). On "double," see on Jeremiah 16:18.
Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations.
Heal . . . save—not only make me whole (as to the evils of soul as well as body which I am exposed to by contact with ungodly foes, Jeremiah 15:18), but keep me so.
my praise—He whom I have to praise for past favors, and therefore to whom alone I look for the time to come.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 17:18:
Proverbs 16:4
Jeremiah 16:18
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