Jeremiah 8:22

22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?

Jeremiah 8:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
ESV
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
NLT
22 Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
MSG
22 Are there no healing ointments in Gilead? Isn't there a doctor in the house? So why can't something be done to heal and save my dear, dear people?
CSB
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?

Jeremiah 8:22 In-Context

20 “The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?

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Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 37:25
  • 2. Job 13:4
  • 3. S Isaiah 1:6; Jeremiah 30:12
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