No physician there—that is, in Gilead. Balm used to grow in Israel for the healing of the nations; her priests and prophets were the physici…

Is there no balm in Gilead...? —The resinous gums of Gilead, identified by some naturalists with those of the terebinth, …

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?

No; there is none. There is balm in Christ, there is a Physician who once …

The Prophet implies in these words that the slaughter of the people would be so fatal that they would seek remedies in vain; as if he had said that…

Is there no balm in Gilead? &c.] Which was famous for it; see (Genesis 37:25), or rather turpentine or rosin,…

Finally, they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, everything that is against us appears formidable. As salvati…

Here, Jeremiah speaks of a punishment similar to the one mentioned above.

1. First, he speaks of the Lord's judgment regarding the af…