| Geneva Study Bible There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. Wesley's Notes 30:13 No medicine - The prophet's design was to convince them, that there was no present remedy, but patience, though their false prophets might promise a cure. King James Translators' Notes that...: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 13. none to plead-a new image from a court of justice. bound up-namely, with the bandages applied to tie up a wound. no healing medicines-literally, "medicines of healing," or else applications, (literally, "ascensions") of medicaments. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 30:12-17 When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate and sanctifying Spirit. The dealings of His grace with every true convert, and every returning backslider, are the same in effect as his proceedings to the Jews. | 
