Verse 22

Jeremiah 8:22

Bible in Basic English

22 Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

Original Language Text

hebrew

הַ/צֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּ/גִלְעָ֔ד אִם רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֨וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת עַמִּֽ/י

English Translation

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?

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Chapter 8 Context

1 At that time, says the Lord, they will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his ru... Focus ↗

2 And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and... Focus ↗

3 And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all... Focus ↗

4 Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be l... Focus ↗

5 Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit,... Focus ↗

6 I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, sayin... Focus ↗

7 Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the cr... Focus ↗

8 How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of th... Focus ↗

9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of... Focus ↗

10 So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: f... Focus ↗

11 And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is... Focus ↗

12 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not... Focus ↗

13 I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on... Focus ↗

14 Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destructi... Focus ↗

15 We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great... Focus ↗

16 The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-h... Focus ↗

17 See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; a... Focus ↗

18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble. Focus ↗

19 The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a far land: Is the Lord not in Zion? is... Focus ↗

20 The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us. Focus ↗

21 For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief;... Focus ↗

22 Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people n...

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