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 - (Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 33:6).
Because they called thee an Outcast - as a wife put away by her husband (Isaiah 62:4, "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 Jeremiah 30:12, "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 (Isaiah 62:12). The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be the chosen opportunity of, God's grace.