John Trapp on Jeremiah 30:17

Ver. 17. For I will reſtore health] It goes beſt with the Church when worſt with her enemies. It ſhall do ſo much more when all Chriſts foes ſhall be made his footſtool.

Becauſe they called thee an outcaſt] Concluding ſo from thine afflictions:Quam chara dus eſſet, docuit, quod eſt victa, quod elocata, quod ſervata. Cic. p[illegible: 1 letter]o Flacco. The Jewiſh Nation, ſaith Tully, ſhew how well God regards them, that have been ſo oft ſubdued by the Chaldees, Greeks, Romans, &c. This was but a ſlender argument; only God is moved by the enemies inſolencies and inſultations, to look in mercy the rather upon his poor deſpiſed and deſpited people.

Saying, This is Zion, whom no man ſeeketh after] Illuſio ex alluſione, this was a jear by playing upon her name: as if Zion ſignified a dry or waſte place, Per ludibrium & blaſphemam contumeliam. and therefore not much to be deſired. Strabo indeed ſaith as much of Judaea. And Mount Zion at this day, nihil habet eximium, nihil expetendum, hath no great deſireableneſſe in it. But certainly Judea was once a land flowing with milk and honey: and Mount Zion was in no ſmall requeſt. Howſoever none ought by their bitter taunts to add affliction to the afflicted, but rather to weep with thoſe that weep: be pittiful, be courteous, 1 Pet. 3.8.