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

20“They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’ 21My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. There 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 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 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.
• 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.
• Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 5:31Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.
• Luke 8:43Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.
• Jeremiah 30:12Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

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