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

9Go up, you horses, and drive wildly, you chariots, So that the warriors may march forward: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, And the Lydians, who handle and bend the bow. 10For that day belongs to the Lord God of armies, A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the sword will devour and be satisfied, And drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a slaughter for the Lord God of armies, In the land of the north at the river Euphrates. Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, Virgin daughter of Egypt! You have used many remedies in vain; There is no healing for you. 12The nations have heard of your shame, And the earth is full of your cry of distress; For one warrior has stumbled over another, And both of them have fallen down together. 13This is the message which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about 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

• Goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• and obtainלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• balmצֳרִיtserîy tsŏrîy · balsamH6875
• Virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• You have usedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• remediesרְפֻאָהrephû'âh · remedyH7499
• in vainשָׁוְאshâv' shav · vanity: vainH7723
• Thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• healingתְּעָלָהte‛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 health of the daughter of my people been restored?
• Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
• Genesis 37:25Then they sat down to eat a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying labdanum resin, balsam, and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
• Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a gift, a little balsam and a little honey, labdanum resin and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
• Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.
• Jeremiah 14:17You will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes stream down tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 30:12“For this is what the Lord says: ‘Your broken limb is irreparable, And your wound is incurable.
• Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword.
• Micah 1:9For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
• Nahum 3:19There is no relief for your collapse, Your wound is incurable. All who hear about you Will clap their hands over you, For upon whom has your evil not come continually?
• Matthew 5:26Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last quadrans.
• Luke 8:43And a woman who had suffered a chronic flow of blood for twelve years, 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