Jeremiah 8:22

Lament Over Judah

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For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken;
I mourn, anxiety has gripped me.
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Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?

Balm in Gilead

In Me

My People

Gilead

No

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm,
O Virgin Daughter of Egypt!
In vain you use many medicines;
For you there is no healing or remedy.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this; take some of the choicest products of the land in your sacks, and carry it as a present [of tribute] to the man [representing Pharaoh], a little balm and a little honey, aromatic spices or gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Isaiah 1:5-6

Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.

Jeremiah 30:12-17

“For thus says the Lord,
‘Your wound is incurable
And your injury is beyond healing.

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!
Wail for her [if you care to]!
Get balm for her [incurable] pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.

Matthew 9:11-12

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 5:31-32

And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

Luke 8:43

And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone,