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 Living Translation (NLT)Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?

Context of Jeremiah 8:22

20“The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!” 21For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me. 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?

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 46:11“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.
• Jeremiah 51:8Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
• Genesis 37:25And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
• Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
• Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 5:31Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
• Luke 8:43Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any,
• Jeremiah 30:12“For thus says the Lord: ‘Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

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