Jeremiah 8:22

Jeremiah 8:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
• New International Version (NIV)Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
• English Standard Version (ESV)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?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?

Context of Jeremiah 8:22

20Harvest has passed, summer has ended, but we have not been saved. 21I am broken by the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me. 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 word by word

הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• no balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• in Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• no physicianרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• there? why thenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• is not the healthאֲרוּכָה'ărûkâh 'ărûkâh · healthH724
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• recoveredעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:22

• Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt! You have multiplied remedies in vain; there is no healing for you.
• Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound — perhaps she can be healed.
• Genesis 37:25They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.
• Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and take them down to the man as a gift — a little balsam and a little honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.
• Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 5:31Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.
• Luke 8:43A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any,
• Jeremiah 30:12For this is what the Lord says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe.
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? - Yes, the most excellent in the world. "Is there no physician there?" Yes, persons well skilled to apply it. "Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?" Because ye have not applied to the physician, nor used the balm. Ye die because ye will not use the remedy. But to apply this metaphor: - The Israelites are represented as a man dying through disease; and a disease for the cure of which the balm of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22No physician there - i. e., in Gilead. Balm used to grow in Israel for the healing of the nations. Her priests and prophets were the physicians. Has Israel then no balm for herself? Is there no physician in her who can bind up her wound? Gilead was to Israel what Israel spiritually was to the whole world. Why then is not the health … recovered? - Or, “why then has no bandage,” or plaster of balsam, “been laid upon my people?”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the present moment should be seized. Is there no medicine proper for a sick and dying kingdom? Is there no skilful, faithful hand to apply the medicine? Yes, God is able to help and to heal them. If sinners die of their wounds, their blood is upon their own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The balm in Gilead was a sticky sap from cuts in small evergreen trees in the highlands east of the Jordan River. Merchants sold this resin, claiming it had healing powers. Jeremiah noticed the people's need for God to heal their deep spiritual sickness. The people only saw the physical signs of God's judgment and refused to admit their spiritual rebellion caused their problems. The African-American spiritual “There Is a Balm in Gilead” identifies Jesus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. balm--balsam; to be applied to the wounds of my people. Brought into Judea first from Arabia Felix, by the queen of Sheba, in Solomon's time [Josephus, Antiquities, 8.2]. The opobalsamum of Pliny; or else [Bochart] the resin drawn from the terebinth. It abounded in Gilead, east of Jordan, where, in consequence, many "physicians" established themselves (Jr 46:11; 51:8; Ge 37:25; 43:11). health ... recovered--The Hebrew is literally, "lengthening out…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:22

• Backsliders
• Balm
• Church
• Disease
• Gilead
• Impenitence
• Medicine
• Patriotism
• Physician
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• 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