Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Recovered

Bible References

No balm

Jeremiah 46:11
Go up to Gilead and get balm,
Virgin Daughter Egypt!
You have multiplied remedies in vain;
there is no healing for you.
Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.
Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat a meal. They looked up, and there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.
Genesis 43:11
Then 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 take them down to the man as a gift—some balsam and some honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.

No physician

Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 5:31
Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.
Luke 8:43
A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors yet could not be healed by any,

Why

Jeremiah 30:12
For this is what the Lord says:

Your injury is incurable;
your wound most severe.

Recovered

Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

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