21 I am broken by the brokenness
of my dear[a] people.(A)
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(B)
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear[b] people
not come about?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:21 Lit of the daughter of my
  2. Jeremiah 8:22 Lit of the daughter of my

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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