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?
No physician
Why
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.
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.
Wail for her;
get balm
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.
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.
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.