Because it is impossible to comfort her, the last question is posed, Who can heal you?
This rhetorical question implies that no human aid or comfort is possible (see also Jeremiah 30:12–13).1 Even though no man can heal her, the question does not imply that no source of healing exists. Jerusalem did confess that the Lord is greater than any other force – even the sea (Psalm 89:9). Here is the crux of the matter. The human forces that inflicted pain on Jerusalem were only used of God to unleash this wrath. The question prompts Jerusalem to probe and see that the only one who can bring healing is the very One, who inflicted the wound in the first place. The question now remains: why should the Lord remove what he has justly imposed?2
13 What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?