For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

See now that I, {even} I, {am} he, and {there is} no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither {is there any} that can deliver out of my hand.

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. {the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity} {abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon}

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

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.

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe {them}:

Return, ye backsliding children, {and} I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou {art} the LORD our God.

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}

Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but {it is} to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. {thy graven...: Heb. the graven images of thy silver} {cast: Heb. scatter}

For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise {is} incurable, {and} thy wound {is} grievous.

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; {not...: or, not desirous}

The Spirit of the Lord GOD {is} upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to {them that are} bound;

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, {then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. {wounds: Heb. griefs}

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse {your} hands, {ye} sinners; and purify {your} hearts, {ye} double minded.

See now that I, {even} I, {am} he, and {there is} no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither {is there any} that can deliver out of my hand.

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I {am} the LORD that healeth thee.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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.

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye {even} to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I {am} weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

{Thou}, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with {their} eyes, nor understand with {their} heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

And Jacob asked {him}, and said, Tell {me}, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore {is} it {that} thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Return, ye backsliding children, {and} I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou {art} the LORD our God.

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, {Am} I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. {it shooteth...: or, thou sendest it forth} {he...: or, when he removeth it with}

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; {and} I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I {am} merciful, saith the LORD, {and} I will not keep {anger} for ever.

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

The remnant shall return, {even} the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

And I said after she had done all these {things}, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw {it}.

{There is} none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. {that...: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing}

He {was} unto me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And if the priest shall come in, and look {upon it}, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. {shall come...: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc}

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house {is} neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. {swear: Heb. lift up the hand} {healer: Heb. binder up}