Jeremiah 46:11

Jeremiah 46:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt. But you try many medicines in vain; there is no healing for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.

Context of Jeremiah 46:11

9Charge, you horses, And drive like madmen, you chariots! Let the warriors go forward: Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow. 10For that day belongs to the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword will devour and be satiated And drink its fill of their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering] In the north country by the river Euphrates. Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you use many medicines; For you there is no healing or remedy. 12The nations have heard of your disgrace and shame, And your cry [of distress] has filled the earth. For warrior has stumbled against warrior, And both of them have fallen together. 13The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 46:11 word by word

עֲלִ֤י גִלְעָד֙ וּקְחִ֣י צֳרִ֔י בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם לַשָּׁוְא֙ הִרְבֵּ֣ית רְפֻא֔וֹת תְּעָלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• O virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• in vainשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• shalt thou use manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• medicinesרְפֻאָהrephû'âh · remedyH7499
• thou shalt not be curedתְּעָלָהte‛âlâh · healingH8585

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:11

• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
• Jeremiah 51:8Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
• Genesis 37:25Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.
• Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this; take some of the choicest products of the land in your sacks, and carry it as a present [of tribute] to the man [representing Pharaoh], a little balm and a little honey, aromatic spices or gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
• Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith [in Ammon], cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your goods.
• Jeremiah 14:17Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them never cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow, With a very serious and severely infected wound.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground [in abject humiliation]; there is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 30:12“For thus says the Lord, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is beyond healing.
• Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up to heal or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to hold and wield the sword.
• Micah 1:9For Samaria’s wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; The enemy has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
• Nahum 3:19There is no relief and healing for your hurt; Your wound is incurable. All who hear the news about you Clap their hands over [what has happened to] you. For on whom has your [unceasing] evil not come continually?
• Matthew 5:26I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent.
• Luke 8:43And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Go up into Gilead, and take balm - An irony. Egypt is so completely enfeebled by this overthrow, that her political wound is utterly incurable. This figure is used with the more propriety here, as the Egyptians have been celebrated from the remotest antiquity for their knowledge of medicine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Balm - i. e., balsam, the usual remedy for wounds Jeremiah 8:22. In vain shalt … - Or, in vain hast thou multiplied medicines: healing-plaster hast thou none. Nothing shall avail to heal the blow.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Gilead was famous for its healing plants (compare Jeremiah 8:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Gilead ... balm--(See on Jr 8:22); namely, for curing the wounds; but no medicine will avail, so desperate shall be the slaughter. virgin--Egypt is so called on account of her effeminate luxury, and as having never yet been brought under foreign yoke. thou shalt not be cured--literally, "there shall be no cure for thee" (Jr 30:13; Eze 30:21). Not that the kingdom of Egypt should cease to exist, but it should not recover its former strength; the blow…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:11

• Balm
• Disease
• Gilead
• Medicine
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Gilead
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Balm
• Gilead, Balm of
• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings