11 Go up unto Gilead, [a]and take balm, [b]O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many [c]medicines: for thou shalt have no health.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:11 For at Gilead did grow most sovereign balm for wounds.
  2. Jeremiah 46:11 So called, because Egypt had not yet been overcome by the enemy.
  3. Jeremiah 46:11 He showeth that no salve or medicine can prevail whereas God giveth the wound.

11 “Go up to Gilead and get balm,(A)
    Virgin(B) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing(C) for you.

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