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The People

20 The harvest is past,
summer has ended,
and we have not been saved.

Jeremiah’s Grief

21 Because my people are crushed, I have been crushed.
I am in mourning, and horror seizes me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?[a]
Is there no physician there?
Why has the health of my people not been restored?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:22 A region east of the Jordan, known for plants such as the storax tree, which is useful for medicinal purposes

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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