Jeremiah 8:22

balm For balsam (balm) as a product of Gilead, see Genesis 37:25 and cp. Genesis 43:11; Ezekiel 27:17. As, however, some doubt has been thrown on Gilead as a place producing balsam, it has been suggested (so Pe.) that the meaning is mastic tree resin, which was obtained there.

Gilead a mountainous part of Palestine, east of the Jordan, south of Bashan, and north of Moab.

is there no physician there? Is there no priest or prophet, who can heal the sin of Israel or apply a remedy?

the health … recovered rather, the fresh flesh of the daughter of my people come up(upon her), i.e. gradually forming by cicatrisation over a wound. See Dr., p. 352.