Jeremiah 8:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 8:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 8:22 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recover..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 8:22 — KJV
“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: Heb. gone up?”
— Jeremiah 8:22 (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:22 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:22
“Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. pleaseth...: Heb. is right in mine eyes”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:22: then, daughter, people
“And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. in the...: Heb. from the morning gone...: or, gone away”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:22: then, people, heb
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? rage: or, tumultuously assemble imagine: Heb. meditate”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:22: why, then, people
“Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? them...: Heb. the country of them that are far off”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:22: why, daughter, people
“Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. thou shalt...: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:22: balm, gilead, daughter
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