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Jeremiah 8:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 8 · verse 22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?Jeremiah 8:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 8:22 in context
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22Is 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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Key words (Strong's)
- physicianrâphâʼproperly, to mendH7495 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- healthʼărûwkâhwholenessH724 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- balmtsᵉrîydistillationH6875 →
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In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-22