“Thus says Yahweh.
‘Your hurt is incurable!
Your wound is grievous!
There is no one
To uphold your cause!
There is no medicine
For your wound!
There is no healing for you.
All your lovers
Have forgotten you.
They care nothing for you.
I have dealt you
The blow of an enemy,
The punishment
Of a merciless foe,
Because your guilt is great,
Because your sins
Are so numerous.
Why do you cry out
Over your hurt?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
Because your sins
Are so numerous.
I have done these things to you.’”
Yahweh says that the Israelites are in great pain. They have a serious incurable wound that will not heal. There is no medicine available to help them. There is no one who will defend them in court. All their lovers have forgotten about them. Yahweh has helped their enemies deliver a severe blow. Yahweh repeats himself twice saying that the guilt of the Israelites is very great and numerous. They should stop crying about their terrible pains. Yahweh has done all to this to them. Just cry out to Yahweh and forget all the other stuff.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 