Jeremiah 8:22
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Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

no balm.

Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.

Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.

Genesis 37:25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

Genesis 43:11 Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

no physician.

Matthew 9:11,12 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners? . . .

Luke 5:31,32 And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick. . . .

Luke 8:43 And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians and could not be healed by any.

why.

Jeremiah 30:12-17 For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous. . . .

recovered.

Isaiah 1:5,6 For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad. . . .

Context
Jeremiah Weeps for His People
21For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?
Cross References
Matthew 9:12
But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

Genesis 37:25
And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

Genesis 43:11
Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

Jeremiah 9:1
Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.

Jeremiah 30:13
There is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up: thou hast no healing medicines.

Jeremiah 30:17
For I will close up thy scar, and will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. Because they have called thee, O Sion, an outcast: This is she that hath none to seek after her.

Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.

Lamentations 2:13
Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

Lexicon
Is there no
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

balm
הַצֳרִי֙ (ha·ṣo·rî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6875: Distillation, balsam

in Gilead?
בְּגִלְעָ֔ד (bə·ḡil·‘āḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites

Is no
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

physician
רֹפֵ֖א (rō·p̄ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7495: To mend, to cure

there?
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

Why
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4069: Why? for what reason?

then
כִּ֗י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

has the health
אֲרֻכַ֖ת (’ă·ru·ḵaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 724: Healing, restoration

of the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of my people
עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been restored?
עָֽלְתָ֔ה (‘ā·lə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively


Additional Translations
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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

And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place?

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?

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

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

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

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?
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