Jeremiah 8:22
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”Jeremiah 8:22
What Does Jeremiah 8:22 Mean?
Jeremiah 8:22 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 8, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 8:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Chronicles 7:14“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”Exodus 15:26“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”Jeremiah 30:17“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.”Jeremiah 46:11“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.”Genesis 37:25“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”Jeremiah 51:8“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.”Jeremiah 30:12“For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.”Ezekiel 47:12“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.”Luke 8:43“And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,”Luke 5:31“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.”Genesis 43:11“And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:”Job 13:4“But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.”Jeremiah 30:13“There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.”Ezekiel 34:4“The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.”Hosea 14:4“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.”2 Chronicles 16:12“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.”Psalms 38:5“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”Lamentations 2:13“What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?”Mark 5:26“And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,”Isaiah 1:5“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.”
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