And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
Parallel translations
- WEB The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
- KJV And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
- NKJV And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
- NASB And no resident will say, “I am sick”; The people who live there will be forgiven their wrongdoing.
- NLT The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the Lord will forgive their sins.
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Quick answer
In the restored city no one will be sick, and the people's sins will be forgiven.
Overview
The chapter ends with a promise that joins healing and forgiveness: the inhabitants will not complain of illness, for their iniquity is pardoned. This links sin and its effects, showing that true restoration comes through forgiveness. It points to the gospel, where Christ forgives sin and ultimately removes sickness and sorrow in the new creation (Rev. 21:4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 50:20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
- Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- 1 Jn 1:7–9But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Exod 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Jer 33:6–8Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Isa 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Jas 5:14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Isa 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Deut 7:15And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Isa 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- Mic 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- 2 Chr 30:20And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
- Rev 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- Deut 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
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