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.

I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds - (; ).

Because they called thee an Outcast - as a wife put away by her husband (, "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land anymore be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Heph-zibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married," contrasted with , "Thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken").

Zion - alluding to its Hebrew meaning, dryness: "sought after" by none, as would be the case with an arid region (). The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be the chosen opportunity of, God's grace.