Jeremiah 8:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 8:22 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Numbers 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Jeremiah 6:7As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
- Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- Jeremiah 22:6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
- Jeremiah 30:12For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
- Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).