20 The [a]harvest is past, the Summer is ended, and we are not holpen.

21 I am [b]sore vexed for the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am heavy, and astonishment hath taken me.

22 Is there no balm [c]at Gilead? is there no Physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:20 The people wonder that they have so long time looked for succor in vain.
  2. Jeremiah 8:21 The Prophet speaketh this.
  3. Jeremiah 8:22 Meaning, that no man’s help or means could save them: for in Gilead was precious balm, Jer. 46:11, or else deriding the vain confidence of the people, who looked for help at their Priests, who should have been the Physicians of their souls, and dwelt at Gilead, Hos. 6:8.

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

21 Since my people are crushed,(A) I am crushed;
    I mourn,(B) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(C)
    Is there no physician(D) there?
Why then is there no healing(E)
    for the wound of my people?

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