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 ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow. 10But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River. Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you. 12The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.” 13The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack 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 8:22There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?
• Jeremiah 51:8But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!
• Genesis 37:25When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh 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 take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
• Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.
• Jeremiah 14:17“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
• Isaiah 47:1“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
• Jeremiah 30:12Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.
• Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.
• Micah 1:9For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!
• Nahum 3:19Your destruction is like an incurable wound; your demise is like a fatal injury! All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty!
• Matthew 5:26I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!
• Luke 8:43Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but 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