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Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

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ASV

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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?

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַצֳרִי֙ha.tzo.Ri¿ balmH6875 →
אֵ֣ין'ein[is] there notH369 →
בְּגִלְעָ֔דbe.gil.'Adin GileadH1568 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
רֹפֵ֖אro.Fe'a physicianH7495 →
אֵ֣ין'ein[is] there notH369 →
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033 →
כִּ֗יKiforH3588 →
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
עָֽלְתָ֔ה'al.Tahhas it come upH5927 →
אֲרֻכַ֖ת'a.ru.Khat[the] healing ofH724 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
עַמִּֽי׃'a.Mipeople myH5971 →

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2 Chronicles 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.Genesis 37:25And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.Jeremiah 30:12–17For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.Ezekiel 47:12Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.Luke 5:31–32Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.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 carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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