Verse 22

Jeremiah 8:22

Literal Standard Version

22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why has the health of the daughter of my people not gone up?

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,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, || And the... Focus ↗

2 And have spread them to sun, and to moon, || And to all the host of the heavens, that they have love... Focus ↗

3 And death is chosen rather than life || By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, || In a... Focus ↗

4 “And you have said to them, Thus said YHWH: Do they fall, and not rise? Does he turn back, and not r... Focus ↗

5 Why has this people of Jerusalem || Turned back—a continuous backsliding? They have kept hold on dec... Focus ↗

6 I have given attention, indeed, I listen, || They do not speak right, || No man has sighed over his... Focus ↗

7 Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, || And turtle, and swallow, and crane, || Have wa... Focus ↗

8 How do you say, We are wise, || And the Law of YHWH is with us? Surely, behold, it has worked falsel... Focus ↗

9 The wise have been ashamed, || They have been frightened, and are captured, || Behold, they kicked a... Focus ↗

10 Therefore, I give their wives to others, || Their fields to dispossessors, || For from the least eve... Focus ↗

11 And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, || Saying, Peace, peace! And there i... Focus ↗

12 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Indeed, they are not ashamed at all, || And they have n... Focus ↗

13 I utterly consume them,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “There are no grapes in the vine, || Indeed, t... Focus ↗

14 Why are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go into the fortified cities, || And we are silent the... Focus ↗

15 Looking for peace—and there is no good, || For a time of healing, and behold—terror. Focus ↗

16 The snorting of his horses has been heard from Dan, || From the voice of the neighings of his mighty... Focus ↗

17 For behold, I am sending serpents among you, || Vipers that have no charmer, || And they have bitten... Focus ↗

18 My sorrow is beyond comfort, || My heart is sick in me. Focus ↗

19 Behold, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a far-off land, || Is YHWH not in Zion?... Focus ↗

20 Harvest has passed, summer has ended, || And we have not been saved. Focus ↗

21 For a breach of the daughter of my people I have been broken, || I have been dark, || Astonishment h... Focus ↗

22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why has the health of the daughter of my pe...

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