Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? Cross References Matthew 9:12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Genesis 37:25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way 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 carry them down as a gift for the man--a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds. Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness--only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. Jeremiah 9:1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people. Jeremiah 14:19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror. Jeremiah 30:13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you. Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares." Jeremiah 46:11 Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing. Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you? Treasury of Scripture 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 balm. Jeremiah 46:11 Jeremiah 51:8 Genesis 37:25 no physician. Matthew 9:11,12 Luke 5:31,32 Luke 8:43 why. Jeremiah 30:12-17 recovered. Isaiah 1:5,6 |