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Jeremiah 46:11 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Jeremiah 46:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 46 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. thou shalt: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee”
Jeremiah 46:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt—The bitter irony intensifies as Jeremiah prescribes medicine for a mortal wound. Gilead's balm (tsori, צֳרִי), a resinous healing substance exported throughout the ancient world (Genesis 37:25), symbolizes therapeutic hope. Yet the diagnosis is devastating: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. The Hebrew teruphot (תְּרֻפוֹת, "medicines") and te'aleh arukah (תְּעָלֶה־אֲרֻכָה, "shalt not be cured/healed") declare Egypt's wound fatal.The address O virgin, the daughter of Egypt (betulah bat-Mitsrayim, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 46:11
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“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
“even to Jerusalem.”
“and sit in the dust”
“Let my eyes run down with tears night and day”
“who had spent all her living on physicians”
“for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?”
“if so be she may be healed.”
“Israel”
“you shall by no means get out of there”
“I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold”